There are dozens of Arizona pests that find their way into your home each year, but of all the revolting little creatures, there's one that really stands out, the Arizona Bark Scorpion.
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There’s a specific kind of startle you feel when a beetle the size of your thumb comes barreling at your porch light on a summer night. In Phoenix, that flying tank has a name: the palo verde beetle. Every monsoon, these giants haul themselves out of the ground and lumber through the Valley, spooking anyone […]
We’ve got news worth celebrating, and it belongs to the whole team. Urban Desert Pest Control is part of AXN Growth Partners, a growing family of local pest control brands, and in 2026 that family earned two recognitions we’re genuinely proud of. AXN broke into the top 1,000 of the Inc. 5000, and the team […]
You flip on the porch light after a monsoon storm, and the concrete is alive with crickets. A few nights later, you spot something worse: a scorpion on the wall by the back door. Those two sightings are connected, and in Phoenix, monsoon season is when the connection shows up. Here’s how the crickets and […]