You don’t have to catch scorpions in the act—start with a quick UV flashlight sweep along baseboards, thresholds, and garage edges, where they often travel. If you want a lower-effort approach, passive perimeter monitoring can help you know when one shows up without nightly searches. These nighttime scorpion activity checks focus on the fastest places to scan first and how alerts can reduce guesswork.

Scorpion courtship often looks like a sustained “handshake” where they clasp pincers and move together in short bursts, sometimes pivoting or circling as the male searches for the right surface. That coordinated movement is usually the classic promenade, not a fight—though things can turn risky during separation. This guide to scorpion mating dance steps breaks down what you’re seeing and why you shouldn’t try to break them up with bare hands.

Scorpions don’t “talk,” but they do communicate in the sense that they send signals that can change another scorpion’s behavior—usually for survival, territory, or mating. They rely mainly on chemical cues (pheromones), vibration sensing through the ground/air, and close-range touch and posture once they meet. This overview of scorpion communication and signals also explains why scent strength and vibration patterns can affect what they “notice” at night.

Scorpion Alerts are instant notifications sent to your phone when a Scorpion Detector identifies a scorpion inside your home. Each alert includes a photo and the location of the sighting, so you know exactly where the scorpion was detected and can take action right away. These alerts are designed to give families peace of mind and help prevent stings by making sure you’re aware of scorpions before they become a danger to children or pets.

This is a matter of personal preference. Some people prefer to be woken up. In this case, they use our 'Override Silent Mode' setting to ensure their phone sounds the alarm when an alert is received.

Yes. There are no limits to the number of people you can add to your account. They'll receive push notifications by simply by installing the app and joining your account.

It's free, but our $5 monthly or $50 annual subscription is required to keep your Scorpion Detectors working.

Yes. You don't need to be home to receive alerts about scorpions in your home. As long as your phone has a signal, you'll receive alerts.

The Scorpion Detectors you plug in around your house are your front line of defense, but they don't work alone. They're supported by our cloud-based AI assistant. They get regular health checks and performance updates to make sure they improve, adapt, and evolve automatically.