It's not bad luck — it's your zip code. Peridot sits in a high-desert climate at elevated elevation, hotter than the mountain zones but cooler than the Phoenix valley, with a real monsoon season. A mix of century-old mining-company housing and more recent construction, with the older stock generally showing more foundation and sealing issues. That's exactly what scorpions, spiders, rodents, Africanized bees, centipedes, subterranean termites, and ants need to get inside. Waiting won't fix it. It just gives them more time to spread.
A one-size-fits-all spray doesn't cut it here. Older mining-company homes and later ranch-style construction share hillside terrain here, with newer building filling in where the land allows. So before we write a treatment plan, we inspect first. Water, tree cover, open land, building age — it all factors in. You get a real diagnosis, not a guess.