Posted by Home Watch Surprise on October 27, 2026.
A house with nobody in it is quiet, dark, and cool compared to the desert outside. That makes it a good place for a scorpion to spend the winter. Here is how pests find their way into an empty Surprise home and what we check on every visit.
Scorpions are flat and can slip through a gap about the thickness of a credit card. The usual doors are the weatherstripping under the garage door, the gap under an exterior door, and the spots where pipes and wires pass through the stucco. New builds along Loop 303 often have open desert next door, and that puts the pests close to the house from day one.
When people live in a house, the lights, the noise, and the foot traffic keep most pests moving along. When the house is closed up, nothing does. Droppings, chewed wiring, and nests can build for months before anyone sees them. A dry P trap or a drip under a sink also gives insects a reason to move in.
We scan the garage, the entry doors, the baseboards, and the cabinets under the sinks. We look for live scorpions, spiders, and insects, and for droppings, chewing, or nesting material that says something has already been inside. Sun spiders and the occasional tarantula show up on the pavers outside, and they are usually only passing through. We photograph and flag anything that matters.
We do not spray or treat. That stays with your licensed pest company, and we think that is the right split. What we do is tell them what we found and where, so the next service visit goes after the real problem and not a guess.
Schedule a pest service before you go, not after. Replace worn weatherstripping on the garage door and exterior doors. Seal the gaps around pipes. Keep boxes and clutter off the garage floor and away from the walls. Then make sure someone is walking the house on a schedule, because a problem found in the first month costs far less than one found in the fourth.
One walkthrough gets your visits started. Plans start at a single monthly visit and top out at weekly ones.
