If you have experience about scorpions please comment. Currently in Yuma AZ on RV lot. I'm supposed to take out a small section Aloe Vera plants (2 feet wide and 6 feet long) growing next to our shed that is real old and falling apart. So going to put in new and bigger shed, so plants got to go. Started ripping the aloe vera out and was greeted by couple very small scorpions, maybe 1 or 1 1/2 long, very clear in color. Tried looking up on google and found info on about everything except how to make them move. In the past I've lived in areas that bears were sometimes a problem and if you left them alone they would leave you alone usually. I tend to think scorpions are the same way. But don't know for sure. Does this sound reasonable? Being they like the desert, I'm thinking about watering the aloe vera plants, lots and lots of water and they won't like that there area has been turned into rain forest and will move on. If they do move on, are they like mice and can make it to inside of RV?Is that a good plan or do you know something else that will work.P.S. wife is going nuts. I just want to them to go away and not into RV.

Here in Florida I kill every scorpion I can find and will resort to insecticide when needed. I do not intend to cohabitate with noxious bugs. YMMV

I live in Tucson, and scorpions are a way of life here. One good product you can buy over the counter is Raid Spider and Scorpion spray. It works very well. Whenever I'm doing yard work and may encounter a scorpion, I wear heavy leather gloves. They do a good job of protecting your hands. The majority of scorpions we see are during the rainy season when they are thriving. I don't think watering the plants will affect them much. The scorpions you are describing are probably bark scorpions. They can be dangerous, but for most adults, it just hurts like hell when you get stung. I've been stung several times over the years with no ill effects. Folks with health problems, elderly and kids should seek treatment if they get stung.

I hear that you can use a UV light at night. Contact your local hardware store, they will have both the black light, and the stuff to kill the bugs. If you are in a RV resort, they might not like you spreading pesticides, especially because of the MSDS requirements under OSHA laws, they can not have chemicals on the property without a Material Safety Data Sheet. So if someone is exposed to a chemical, then they must have a MSDS to take with the injured person to the hospital. Just showing up with a chemical and the MSDS will not work all that well, the property owner might not want certain things on the property. Good luck!Fred.

As far as a sting, I've been hit twice by Florida scorpions. Very much like a Wasp sting, nothing more.

path1 wrote:If you have experience about scorpions please comment. Currently in Yuma AZ on RV lot. I'm supposed to take out a small section Aloe Vera plants (2 feet wide and 6 feet long) growing next to our shed that is real old and falling apart. So going to put in new and bigger shed, so plants got to go. Started ripping the aloe vera out and was greeted by couple very small scorpions, maybe 1 or 1 1/2 long, very clear in color. Tried looking up on google and found info on about everything except how to make them move. In the past I've lived in areas that bears were sometimes a problem and if you left them alone they would leave you alone usually. I tend to think scorpions are the same way. But don't know for sure. Does this sound reasonable? Being they like the desert, I'm thinking about watering the aloe vera plants, lots and lots of water and they won't like that there area has been turned into rain forest and will move on. If they do move on, are they like mice and can make it to inside of RV?Is that a good plan or do you know something else that will work.P.S. wife is going nuts. I just want to them to go away and not into RV.The poor Scorpion is just trying to eke out an existence on this planet just like we are. I have had lots of experience with them in SE Asia and other places. Personally I see no need to poison the poor things...they are shy, generally afraid and dont bother people unless you bother them. Let them have their habitat and they are unlikely to invade yours.However if you do find one in the house the best way to deal with it is this: get a small stick, wave the stick in front of the scorpion until its claws grab it. Then pick it up by it's stinger end and carry the poor frightened thing outside and put it on the ground away from the house. This is how I and all my household staff dealt with scorpions in SE Asia. Learning to live with the earths creatures without poisoning them and killing them needlessly helps keep things in balance.

Scorpions and Aloe Vera plants... Help!!...Questions

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4X4Dodger
Explorer II
Feb 21, 2015
path1 wrote:
If you have experience about scorpions please comment. Currently in Yuma AZ on RV lot. I'm supposed to take out a small section Aloe Vera plants (2 feet wide and 6 feet long) growing next to our shed that is real old and falling apart. So going to put in new and bigger shed, so plants got to go. Started ripping the aloe vera out and was greeted by couple very small scorpions, maybe 1 or 1 1/2 long, very clear in color. Tried looking up on google and found info on about everything except how to make them move. In the past I've lived in areas that bears were sometimes a problem and if you left them alone they would leave you alone usually. I tend to think scorpions are the same way. But don't know for sure.

Does this sound reasonable? Being they like the desert, I'm thinking about watering the aloe vera plants, lots and lots of water and they won't like that there area has been turned into rain forest and will move on. If they do move on, are they like mice and can make it to inside of RV?

Is that a good plan or do you know something else that will work.

P.S. wife is going nuts. I just want to them to go away and not into RV.

The poor Scorpion is just trying to eke out an existence on this planet just like we are. I have had lots of experience with them in SE Asia and other places. Personally I see no need to poison the poor things...they are shy, generally afraid and dont bother people unless you bother them. Let them have their habitat and they are unlikely to invade yours.

However if you do find one in the house the best way to deal with it is this: get a small stick, wave the stick in front of the scorpion until its claws grab it. Then pick it up by it's stinger end and carry the poor frightened thing outside and put it on the ground away from the house. This is how I and all my household staff dealt with scorpions in SE Asia.

Learning to live with the earths creatures without poisoning them and killing them needlessly helps keep things in balance.
Steeljag
Explorer
Feb 21, 2015
As far as a sting, I've been hit twice by Florida scorpions. Very much like a Wasp sting, nothing more.
Golden_HVAC
Explorer
Feb 20, 2015
I hear that you can use a UV light at night. Contact your local hardware store, they will have both the black light, and the stuff to kill the bugs.

If you are in a RV resort, they might not like you spreading pesticides, especially because of the MSDS requirements under OSHA laws, they can not have chemicals on the property without a Material Safety Data Sheet. So if someone is exposed to a chemical, then they must have a MSDS to take with the injured person to the hospital. Just showing up with a chemical and the MSDS will not work all that well, the property owner might not want certain things on the property.

Good luck!

Fred.
TucsonJim
Explorer II
Feb 20, 2015
I live in Tucson, and scorpions are a way of life here. One good product you can buy over the counter is Raid Spider and Scorpion spray. It works very well. Whenever I'm doing yard work and may encounter a scorpion, I wear heavy leather gloves. They do a good job of protecting your hands. The majority of scorpions we see are during the rainy season when they are thriving. I don't think watering the plants will affect them much.

The scorpions you are describing are probably bark scorpions. They can be dangerous, but for most adults, it just hurts like hell when you get stung. I've been stung several times over the years with no ill effects. Folks with health problems, elderly and kids should seek treatment if they get stung.
fla-gypsy
Explorer
Feb 20, 2015
Here in Florida I kill every scorpion I can find and will resort to insecticide when needed. I do not intend to cohabitate with noxious bugs. YMMV

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