Pest control companies seeing increase in scorpions

HENDERSON, NV (FOX5) -

With the summer heat comes pest invasions. This year, pest control companies are seeing a rise in scorpions, in some cases as many as 300 in a single home.

One Valley family's infestation is so bad, they're moving out of their home.

"I thought it just might be a localized problem, but it's all over the Valley," said Ashley Callihan.

Callihan has lived in her Henderson home with her family for a year. She said it's been a nightmare.

"When we moved in, about a few days after, we noticed two scorpions inside," she said.

Callihan said she and her husband find six scorpions inside their home every two weeks.

The Callihans have adjusted. They always wear shoes inside the house, the children don't play with toys outside of it. They spent a lot of nights with other family members.

They've tried everything from pest control companies to nightly hunts with black lights to solve the problem.

"We actually have a really long black light, and then we take that spray that kills them on contact. Me and my husband are a team. And I take the black light, and he takes the spray and we kill them," Callihan said.

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Pest control companies seeing increase in scorpions