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Management: If live striped scorpions are encountered in a home or a commercial facility, it is likely that they have
already infested the attic, walls, or crawl space. Appropriate treatments for these areas are required.
Inside the structure:
• Dusting or fogging of attic: Use dusts or foggers labeled for scorpions in attics or drop ceilings. Dusts have a
longer residual. When treating, focus toward the eaves of homes as the Striped Scorpion tends to nest in these
areas. In drop ceilings evidence of infestation may be evident by scorpion carcasses in light covers. In most
drop ceilings, dusts will not be appropriate as the dust often falls or filters through spaces around tiles and lights.
• Use dust or fogger in crawl spaces or voids under structures.
• Use dust or crack and crevice aerosols in wall voids. Access walls via electrical outlets (always use caution to
avoid shock) or any other penetration into voids.
• Set out glue traps along walls as monitoring and control devices.
• Spot treating corners and areas where scorpions can hide will help reduce their populations. Use TalstarOne™
multi-insecticide in a 0.06% suspension. Apply with a compressed air sprayer using a coarse, low-pressure spray
not to exceed 25 PSI. Repeat applications should be limited to no more than once per seven days.
Outside the structure:
Once the inside is thoroughly treated with the above recommendations, protect the structure from reinfestation with
an exterior barrier
• Perimeter treatment: Treat a 6-to-10-foot-wide band out from the exterior perimeter of structure using TalstarOne™
multi-insecticide in sufficient water (up to 10 gallons per 1000 square feet) to insure 1 fluid ounce of concentrate
is applied per 1000 square feet. Focus on entry points: around windows and doors, along foundations, along
eaves (remember this scorpion is a very strong climber) or other potential points of entry. Also treat soil adjacent
to structure in a 6- to-10-foot-wide band around the house. When infestations are heavy or scorpions within structures
have been difficult to control, treat the entire yard treat with TalstarOne™ multi-insecticide at the 0.06% rate
(1 oz/gallon). A surfactant added to the spray solution can greatly increase coverage and can help in control.
• Identify areas near the structure where scorpions may congregate: Under piles of wood or debris, under stones
and landscape timbers. Eliminate as many of these potential harborages as possible. Store firewood off of the
ground.
• Incorporate exclusion techniques: caulking entry points, weather stripping around doors and windows, and using
copper wool to plug weep holes.
• Treat the exterior perimeter with a four-to-six-foot-wide broadcast band of Talstar® PL granular insecticide or
Talstar® EZ granular insecticide at a rate of 2.3 pounds per 1000 square feet. Place granules in flowerbeds
and areas conducive to moisture and organic matter. This will reduce populations of insects and arachnids and
therefore reduce the scorpions’ food source. If scorpion pressure is high, treat the whole yard at a broadcast rate
of 2.3 pounds per 1000 square feet.
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