The U.S. Department of Agriculture also lists the entire island of Puerto Rico as infested. Range of the RIFA in the United States. RIFAs were still on the move in the US in the early 21st century, often traveling from one area to another in turf, root balls of nursery plants, and other agricultural products.
Keep yourself, your loved ones, and your home safe from scorpions with diatomaceous earth. It's a safe product that works through a mechanical reaction, rather than chemical, to kill bugs. When the scorpion comes into contact with the DE, the powder will attach to the exoskeleton of the scorpion and begin to dehydrate.
Many of the mites can be killed with special sulfur preparations. Several kinds of mites attack poultry. The best known is the common chicken mite which, like the bedbug, sucks the blood of its victims at night and hides in cracks during the day. Kerosene can be used to kill the chicken mite. Sometimes a mite called the red spider destroys greenhouse plants.