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Serious Scorpion Killer
Background: Just moved to Queen Creek, AZ. We have 1.25 acres and 50+ citrus trees on our lot. The house was vacant for at least a month before we moved in. It's super hot and we're in the beginning of the heat of the summer. Long-short, perfect scenario for scorpions. We saw a decent sized lobster on the final walk thru so figured there was a lot more where that came from.
I got ahead of the game and purchased Cy-Kick after reading raving reviews. I'm starting with 5 stars and will let you know how things progress. I'm hoping it does the job.
Day 1: spotted two scorpions during the day while moving before spraying Cy-Kick. I used a no stain spot kill scorpion spray and hammacher schlemner bug vac to dispose to avoid splattering scorpion guts on my carpet/walls. After moving most of our belongings in this house I started spraying Cy-Kick. I sprayed all along the interior along the baseboards, about two feet up the walls, the window sills and the vents. I sprayed the exterior as well, all the way around, with a heavier spray at the base of the house (corner where house meets the ground - they hide in these crevices). It was business as usual until nightime.
Night 1: As you know, scorpions hunt at night. In the house we saw about 4 large scorpions. It was no fun! 3 of them were on the ground and moving pretty slow. 1 was dead on the ground. And for the first time we saw one roach YUCK! Outside, roaches and scorpions were pretty much scurrying everywhere. Some where dead and others were moving around albeit slowly. We used a bug spray that kills on contact to make sure anything that was moving around was dead.
Here's my theory. When you spray this stuff, expect to see a bunch of bug activity, like they all come out of hiding as if their house or hiding spots have become uninhabitable. My hope is that tomorrow we don't see as much or any activity meaning they're dead. I will let you know.
Day 2: We've seen 2 scorpions today. One was bigger and the common places we've seen them are in closets, bathrooms, close to the baseboards. The babies are harder to see but we have a monster mag blacklight that makes for easier hunting (a necessary tool). The ones we found both weren't moving fast but we're alive. We have a detached garage and a shed. Saw scorpions last night while hunting on the lower part of the outside wall. They seem to hang out where the wall meets the ground and maybe 2-4 feet up. My approach is to follow up with Cy-Kick spray next day in places I see scorpions hanging out.
Night 2: No scorpions in the house after thorough sweep with blacklight in entire house. Relief! No activity on the south, west of the house. I did see a bunch of activity on the south garage/shed walls. But that seems to fit the bill, when you spray they come out of hiding and move slowly. As for the North and South sides of the house I had quite a bit of activity on the north wall and along the retention bricks at the edge of the patio. Small section though, spot killed what I could find and they were moving a little faster than the others. Tomorrow I will spray that final section with Cy Kick and hopefully we won't find any others lurking inside our right outside our house moving foward.
This is where I say good bye folks. I'm assuming that this stuff works based on my experience so far. If for some reason, we start finding them again in the house you will hear from me. I'm relieved! Just know that when you first spray a lot of bugs including scorpions are gonna come out of hiding and you will have a bug apocalypse within 24 hrs where you spray. You're gonna see scorpions immediately after spraying. If they're moving slow you know it's working. If you have questions please feel free to ping me. Otherwise, be cool - be safe - be scorpion free
June 2017 · Unknown · verified purchase