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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Mar 22, 2007, at 12:30 PM, <shepperd AT austincc.edu>  
<shepperd AT austincc.edu> wrote:

> We have several cats.  They do a good job in keeping the mice  
> population
> down and we haven't seen any rattlesnakes in several months, but  
> they don't
> seem to have any affect on the scorpion population.  Or, and this  
> may be the
> case, the number of scorpions could be much higher without the cats.

Our best anti-scorpion weapon thus far has been sticky traps. Lots of  
sticky traps. We catch them behind the fridge and below the head  
section of the bed as well as closets and other places. This house  
has seven pocket doors. We have been told that scorpions just love  
such hideouts.