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Desert pest control with Duct tape. USE CAUTION }===---'

$Desert pest control with Duct tape. USE CAUTION }===---\$

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In the desert pest control of scorpions is very a tiresome job. There are very few chemical pesticides that have an affect of this member of the Arachnids family. So here is a chemical free solution: Duck 'um.

1) Get an approximate 1 foot length of Duct Tape.
2) Use your trusty UV / black light. (Everyone in Arizona has one).
3) Go find them pesky scorpions. '---==={ }===---' using your UV/ black light, they will glow brightly.
4) Carefully using extreme caution, gloves, hazard suit, safety goggles, steel toed boots and all things you feel you need to be safe...
5) Approach with the duct tape affixed to a 10 foot pole... and
6) Stick it to the pest!
7) Dispose of the duct tape properly. I suggest a 30 gallon contractor garbage bag, double knotted of course.

7 comments

Oct 6, 2011. 1:49 AM

FlatLinerMEDIC says:

yay 602! this looks like a fun way to catch them instead of golf clubs,brooms...everything else ive used.

Jun 21, 2011. 11:34 AM

wilgubeast says:

This is pretty awesome. Would they stick to a strip of duct tape laid down across their path if they walked over it? Like scorpion-flavored fly paper?

Jul 9, 2011. 10:19 AM

moxiepurple says:

I was wondering if this would be about putting down a ring of duct tape around your tent to do just that. It's worth a try.

Jun 21, 2011. 2:09 PMdchall8 says:

Back when everyone had a can or Ronson cigarette lighter fluid in the house, my sister would make a ring of fluid around scorpions, set it on fire, and the scorpion would sting itself.