Black Light Scorpion Inspection in Tempe, AZ

Treatment works better when it goes to the right place, and that is the case for a UV inspection. Scorpions hide in cracks by day, so a daytime walk shows you the hiding places but not the scorpions. It sits alongside the other work on our main scorpion control page and is an offer Kai confirms case by case.

When is a black light scorpion inspection in Tempe worth it?

It earns its cost in a few situations:

• You keep seeing scorpions indoors and cannot tell where they come from.
• You just moved in and want to know what the property holds.
• You have young children or older relatives in the house and want facts, not guesses.
• Treatment has lowered numbers, but one area keeps producing them.

It is less useful in the cold months. University of Arizona Extension says bark scorpions are less active from November through March.

Other signs point toward one: scorpions found on walls or ceilings, repeat sightings in a room with no visible gap, or a home beside open desert, a wash or a block wall shared with several neighbors. A daytime check still has value for finding gaps and shelter. It just cannot show how many scorpions are using them, which is what an evening walk from May through the monsoon can do.

What the UV inspection looks at

A night walk follows the routes scorpions actually use.

• Block walls: faces, caps, corners and any gaps at the base.
• The stucco line and weep screed around the house.
• Doors, garage thresholds and slider tracks.
• Gravel beds, rock borders, shrubs and tree trunks.
• Pool edges, patio furniture and stored materials.
• Inside, if needed: baseboards, bathrooms and closets.

You get a plain summary afterward: where scorpions showed up, roughly how many, and what that suggests.

Keep the limits in mind. UV shows what is out and moving at that hour, so it is a snapshot and not a census. A scorpion inside a wall stays out of sight, and one quiet night does not prove a quiet yard. Bright porch and pool lights wash out the glow, which is why they go off first. Expect a slow pace along the agreed route, because a small scorpion on gravel is easy to walk past.

After dark, hours and turnaround

Timing is the catch with this service. Extension puts most scorpion movement between 7 and 11 p.m. Kekoa's published hours end at 5 p.m. on weekdays and at noon on Saturday, and Kai works alone. So a night inspection is a special arrangement, and it may or may not fit his schedule. Ask him first.

If he can do it, the visit runs like this:

1. You describe your sightings on the phone and he confirms whether it suits your property.
2. You agree on an evening and what will be covered, and you turn off bright yard lights beforehand.
3. He walks the agreed areas with UV light, noting where scorpions appear.
4. You get his findings at the end of the walk, in person.
5. He tells you what those findings point to and what, if anything, he would do next.
6. You decide whether to go ahead.

There is no lab step or report to wait on, so results are same-evening.

What if the UV walk finds scorpions?

Finding some is the expected outcome in the Valley, so the useful question is where. Several along one wall points to the scorpion yard treatment. Scorpions near doors or weep screed point to scorpion proofing for the house. A steady presence across the property often makes the case for monthly scorpion treatment. Finding few, with sightings indoors, suggests the problem is inside the walls.

Nothing gets treated without you agreeing first. Extension also suggests collecting and releasing scorpions into the natural desert where possible, so ask what happens to any that are caught.

Who pays, and what changes the price?

The person booking pays, since this is a paid visit. Renters should check with the landlord first, because the findings may lead to repairs on the building. Ask Kai for a price on the phone. The factors are:

• Lot size and length of wall to walk.
• Whether indoors is included.
• Travel and evening timing.
• Whether treatment follows on the same trip.

Evening timing is the unusual one. A night walk sits outside Kekoa's published hours, so ask how that affects the figure before you book. A small Tempe lot with one short wall is a different job from a long perimeter with a pool, citrus and a side yard. Indoor rooms add time, and a home beside a wash or open desert may justify a longer walk than a fenced lot mid-block. If the walk leads to treatment, ask whether both can happen on one trip or whether it means a return visit.

What an inspection report has to show in Arizona

Arizona's pest rules reach inspections as well as treatments. Under A.A.C. R3-8-310, a pest management business must display its name and license number on inspection reports and on written materials it gives customers. R3-8-503 has it keep written inspection reports for three years.

So if any company hands you a written report after a night walk, look for that number and check it on the state license lookup. Keep a copy too. If the findings point at a rental's door or plumbing, a report helps the conversation with the landlord, since A.R.S. 33-1324 requires rentals to be kept fit and habitable, although it does not name pests.

Why Kekoa for a scorpion inspection

• The owner does the walk himself, so the person who sees the problem is the one who explains it.
• Reviewers value that he explains the work as he goes and tells them how to head off repeat problems.
• He says what he will and will not take on, in line with the "no sales gimmick" description on his Google listing.

A UV walk is only as good as the person reading it, and here that person is the one who would treat the house if you go that way. One customer writes that Kai listens and addresses what they raise. Google and Yelp both show 5.0 ratings as of November 2026. If your home does not need a night visit, expect to hear that.

Kekoa is based in Tempe and serves nearby Chandler, Gilbert and Scottsdale. A night visit further out is a longer drive for one person, so ask before planning on it.