Scorpion Biology & Behavior
How bark scorpions live, move, and spread: prevalence, distribution, and the behavior behind the encounters.
Research
Research & Field Data
Published studies and open data on pest behavior, building performance, and urban ecology.
Featured study.
Twenty-five years of field-collected records, gathered into a single long-run picture of activity, heat, growth, and the built edge of the desert. It anchors the research program and the interactive distribution map.
All studies.
The research program in full, across five lines of enquiry. Each entry shows where it stands: featured, in preparation, or planned.
- In preparation
Scorpion Biology & Behavior
Bark Scorpion Prevalence in Arizona Residences: Reassessing a Common Assumption
- In preparation
Building Science & Envelope Integrity
Scorpion Entry as a Structural Phenomenon: Engineering the Home Envelope
- In preparation
Building Science & Envelope Integrity
Building Performance as a Determinant of Scorpion Risk: A Systems-Based Approach
- In preparation
Urban Ecology & Climate
Thermal Stress and Structural Expansion: How Summer Heat Shapes Scorpion Entry Points
- In preparation
Pest Risk Management
From Generic Treatment to Prescriptive Risk Management: A Framework for Scorpion Control
- In preparation
Field Data & Case Studies
Seasonal Dynamics of Scorpion Activity: The Pre-Summer Window in Phoenix
- Planned
Scorpion Biology & Behavior
Regional Distribution Shifts: How Scorpion Pressure Has Spread Across the Valley Since 1999
- Planned
Pest Risk Management
Barrier Integrity Science™: Toward a Unified Discipline for Pest Exclusion
- Planned
Urban Ecology & Climate
Infrastructure Growth and Pest Pressure: The Freeway-Corridor Effect in Southeast Phoenix
Data & maps.
The Phoenix distribution map is live and updated as field collection continues. Datasets are released alongside the studies they support.
Five lines of research.
Building Science & Envelope Integrity
The home as a system: how building performance and envelope integrity determine scorpion risk.
Pest Risk Management
From generic treatment to prescriptive control: frameworks for managing pest risk on evidence.
Urban Ecology & Climate
Heat, growth, and infrastructure: the forces that move pest pressure across a desert city.
Field Data & Case Studies
Observation data from the Valley: seasonal timing, long-run records, and the flagship 25-year map.
Methodology library.
Studies published here state how their data was collected before they state what the data shows. The methods used across the program are held to the same four standards.
The library grows with the program. The Phoenix study's methodology is published in full on its own page.
Standards
- Field-collected. Observation from real residential work, not modeled estimates.
- Normalized. Adjusted for population so growth is not mistaken for activity.
- Continuous. Long-run records, so change can be read over time.
- Stated plainly. Limits and pending data are named, not buried.