OT-For those that have lived in Vegas; Can this be true?

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I was reading at some forum last night; where people were saying that the roaches are so bad there that you must have a monthly exterminating service contract in your apt or house. Some poster asked why roaches and other bugs were so bad there? Answer was because of the sand.
In all my thinking about moving to Vegas, this was one idea that had never crossed my mind--bugs. And I hate BUGS!
Is this claim about roaches exaggerrated?
 

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I don't know about the roaches specifically, but I do know about the bugs in general. YES, you must have a monthly exterminating service contract or else you will inundated with bugs(spiders, scorpions, silverfish, roaches, etc.)
 

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I lived there for three years and we never had any bugs or an exterminating service. Someone is full of it!
 

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I live in Las Vegas and the story is true. We have an exterminator come and spray inside and outside our home at least once a month. Why I say at least once a month is because the service will come out at no cost if you are having a specific problem in between monthly visits. Most of the bugs come out at night. There are Black Widow Spiders everywhere. I went out to my patio to barbeque some steaks and I hadn't used my barbeque in about a month. There were 4 Black widow spiders inside of the barbeque ! I saw a huge one just yesterday when I was watering my flowers on my back patio and trust me ... I know spiders as I am allergic to bee stings and spider bites. Although I have seen some Silverfish, I would say they are not prevelent. My wife has seen some scorpions in past years but She told me they are mainly found in the newly developed desert areas. However anyone who says that they have not seen any bugs in Vegas is just plain blind as I deliver medical supplies to every area in and around Las Vegas, Henderson and even Boulder City and I can assure you there are bugs here.... plenty of them. If you don't believe us locals, just take a look in the yellow pages and there are many pages under pest control.
 

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I lived there for three years and we never had any bugs or an exterminating service. Someone is full of it!
Are you serious ? There must be close to a Million of us locals that are Full of Sh-t !
 
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I lived there for almost three years and hardly ever saw a bug; just a spider every now and then, although the exterminator would come by once a month and spray in a few places so maybe he's responsible for that. That's one of the things I noticed about LV; whereas in other places you see flies all the time, you never see one in Vegas.
 

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I lived there for almost three years and hardly ever saw a bug; just a spider every now and then, although the exterminator would come by once a month and spray in a few places so maybe he's responsible for that. That's one of the things I noticed about LV; whereas in other places you see flies all the time, you never see one in Vegas.
In a way... you have hit the nail right on the head because although I will disagree with you as far as hardly ever seeing any bugs.... I almost have never seen a fly and somehow I find the flies to be far more of a pest than the bugs that come out mainly at night. Of course the Black Widow spiders are my big fear. In Portland, Oregon where I have lived most of my life there are flies everywhere and depending on where you live... plenty of Mosquitos if you are close to ponds etc. I can't really recall seeing any Mosquitos here !
 

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Most of the bugs come out at night. There are Black Widow Spiders everywhere.

Let's try to avoid posting pictures here, so Skins would not get any ideas before he comes to The Bash. I am a bit nervous because of this:
:monsters-
 

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Flies and mosquitos are ONE thing..... BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS are ANOTHER!

I'd take spiders any day over flies, mossies or bugs. Spiders will lower insect numbers and getting bitten (by a "deadly" spider) isn't bad unless you're a small child or are allergic.
 

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I'd take spiders any day over flies, mossies or bugs. Spiders will lower insect numbers and getting bitten (by a "deadly" spider) isn't bad unless you're a small child or are allergic.

No bug variety that shares my living space is a good one.
 

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hard rock and flamingo have a hugh roach problem as we speak. also bed bugs. just read the article
 

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I lived there 6 months and I am deathly afraid of spiders and scorpions. I think I killed 3 spiders in that time frame, and rarely thought about it. I am not aware of my apartment complex spraying every month, although they might have been doing it on the outside. They didn't do it on the inside though. I think scorpions are rare in Vegas.....they are much more prevalent in Phoenix and Tucson. Everyone that has lived in AZ will tell you how they've been stung by scorpions, or have at least seen them inside their home.
 

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Vegas started shaving the Palm trees that are shipped from Arizona to get rid of the bark scorpions that reside in same. Roaches live everywhere so Vegas is no exception. We get black widows in Calif. also, but I wouldn't say they are all over the place. I don't think Vegas is any worse than any other place in the country. You just don't see the fleas in Vegas like you do elsewhere.
 

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been here 10 years and never had my house sprayed...every april and sept..i put down that junk in a bag around the outside of the house and yard..don't have a problem...:WTF:
 

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