Scorpions aren’t insects. They’re arachnids — same class as spiders — with a completely different physiology. Different nervous system. Different exoskeleton. Different tolerance to pesticides. The products that work great on ants and roaches barely affect them.

They can also survive almost anything. Months without food. Extreme heat. And they live 3–8 years — so an established population doesn’t just go away on its own.

They’re also nocturnal — during the day they’re hiding in cracks, under bark, inside walls, under rocks. You’ll never see them. At night they come out hunting: crickets, roaches, spiders, other insects.

Here’s what makes populations especially hard to knock down: female scorpions give live birth and carry their young on their backs until they can fend for themselves. That dramatically increases survival rates compared to insects that lay eggs and walk away. A single female living 3–8 years and producing multiple broods adds up fast.

Which brings up the other reason you’ve got scorpions: they’re following food. If you’ve got a lot of them, you’ve probably got an underlying insect problem keeping them fed. We address both.

They also glow bright green under UV light — helpful for finding them, but it doesn’t make them any easier to kill.

The Scorpions We See Around Here

Striped Bark Scorpion

The most common in East Texas. Tan or yellowish with two dark stripes down the back. Found around homes, under bark, in woodpiles, and sometimes inside walls.

The sting is painful but not dangerous for most people. Kids and anyone with allergies or sensitivities can have stronger reactions. For context — there is only one species of scorpion in the US with a potentially fatal sting, and it doesn’t exist in the wild in Texas. Still, nobody wants to get stung — and nobody wants them living in their house.

These are what we’re dealing with 99% of the time around Crockett, Palestine, and the surrounding areas.

Why Standard Pest Control Doesn’t Work on Scorpions

Most pest control is designed for insects. Scorpions are arachnids with a completely different physiology, and standard quarterly products applied at standard concentrations just don’t move the needle.

What actually works: higher-concentration products formulated for arachnids, applied more frequently, combined with harborage removal, entry point sealing, and eliminating the food sources bringing them in. That combination is what reduces populations over time. Any one piece of it alone is not enough.