Scorpion Sealing and Exclusion

Scorpion Sealing

Scorpions are not an established Pennsylvania pest, so this is exclusion and identification work rather than a routine treatment program.

Being straightforward about this: Pennsylvania is not scorpion country. The species that cause genuine concern in the United States are established in the south west, and a sighting here is far more likely to be a misidentification, most often a pseudoscorpion, which is tiny and harmless, or an insect with prominent pincers. Identification is therefore the first and most useful step.

Where something genuinely has been introduced, usually by travel, in shipped goods, in landscaping material or in a moved container, the correct response is exclusion rather than a treatment program. Sealing the gaps that let anything into a structure is the same work that keeps out mice, crickets and spiders, so it has value regardless of what prompted the call.

That is what this service is: identification of what was actually found, then sealing of entry points, sill gaps, utility penetrations, door sweeps, window wells and crawl space access. If you still have the specimen, keep it, even damaged, because it makes identification quick and certain instead of speculative.

Who it is for

Property owners who have found something they believe is a scorpion, or who want entry points sealed after a sighting..

What you get

• Identification first, since most Pennsylvania sightings turn out to be something else
• Exclusion and sealing of entry points, which also excludes other crawling pests
• Crawl space, sill and utility penetration work included
• Keep the specimen if you safely can: it makes identification certain

Serving Ardmore, Berwyn, Blue Bell, Broomall, Bryn Mawr, Collegeville, Glen Mills, Horsham, King of Prussia, Malvern, Media, Newtown Square, Paoli, Springfield, Wayne. Call to book an inspection.