Sweep Stories

  • North Scottsdale Home
    North Scottsdale 107 Scorpions Controlled
    On a cool April night, we headed to North Scottsdale to conduct a Scorpion Audit. This home was in the Cactus and Loop 101 area, near the McDowell Mountains. At this almost two acre home, we collected and removed 106 Arizona Bark Scorpions and one Desert Hairy Scorpion. There were many factors that lead to this scorpion infestation. Mainly the abundance of habitat in the form of Oleander Bushes, Palm Trees, and large river rock.
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  • New York Times Piece
    New York Times Piece
    On Saturday, April 30th, 2016 Scorpions Sweepers was lucky enough to be featured in the New York Times. Our front page of the National Section story was highlighted on the Front Page of that weekend's paper. The story discusses a Scorpion Audit the reporter shadowed us on. On that audit in North Scottsdale, we collected 107 Arizona Bark Scorpions.
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  • Paradise Valley Home
    600 Scorpions Removed in Paradise Valley
    We have been sweeping a home in Paradise Valley, Arizona for two years. First we conducted an Infestation Protocol finding 245 Arizona Bark Scorpions (Centruroides sculpturatus). Concerned the client had us perform biweekly sweeps to keep the population low. After 20 sweeps we have removed over 600 scorpions. Due to the environmental factors on this property the home owner is destined to have an issue. Our Continuous Sweeps keep the population down and the scorpions away from the house.
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  • Gilbert Scorpion Control
    172 Scorpions Collected in Gilbert AZ
    A new home owner in Gilbert, Arizona called Scorpion Sweepers to conduct a Scorpion Audit before she moved in. She was concerned because the previous owner had stated that they had seen a few scorpions here or there in the past year. Even though she was using a company that guaranteed scorpions elimination she decided to bring in the experts at Scorpion Sweepers to see what we could find. After the audit 172 Arizona Bark Scorpions were found including three mothers with 20-30 babies on their back.
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