It's been fairly warm here in AZ as of late.
A couple of weeks ago the girlfriend and I were on the back patio enjoying the night air. Some movement in the corner of my eye caught my attention, a scorpion. We were both barefooted at the time, so I asked the GF to go inside and grab something to swat it with while I kept an eye on it.
Little "rascal" dove for cover when I approached it, so I sprayed it with the closest thing at hand, which was weed killer. I'll be damned if two didn't come scurrying out. Was able to dispatch both in short order with the flip-flop I'd been handed, but it got me to wondering just how many of those boogers were around.
Ordered a highly-rated black light from Amazon and went hunting them the next night with a torch in hand. Eleven that night. Five the next, three the one after, and one more after that.
About that time, I thought it might be interesting to see if there were any videos on Youtube of people hunting the nasty little bastages. Of course there was, but I was actually taken aback by the folks who were weeping over their loss.
It cooled off again after that so I took a bit of a hiatus. Warmer weather returned today so I thought I'd better give another look. Five, in about 10 minutes.
Some people want to claim that people only have a problem with scorpions when they have a lot of clutter around their house. I don't. But I sure as heck have a scorpion problem. I know they're not deadly to humans, and I've never been stung, but I know more than a few people who have. It's not a comfortable experience.
Trying to decide now if a pay a ridiculous amount to an exterminator (with no guarantees, they're hard to kill), or if I just keep frying them.