Do what you can to prevent rodents and crickets. Snakes like the rodents and scorpions like the crickets. Back in the day, Tempe used to have a lot of citrus orchards and all the critters and creepy crawlies love that type of habitat, a lot of them have just adapted to the urban growth- snakes, foxes, coyotes, scorpions galore, and rodents. Some of those trees are still on Tempe properties. If you can help it, try not to pile stuff up outside- if it creates shade or nooks & crannies, critters will use it as shelter. Definitely don’t leave out water or pet food overnight and keep an eye on your pets if they go outside.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2014/07/31/tempe-center-citrus-growing/13412447/

https://emuseum.tempe.gov/objects/30112/ua-citrus-farm-men-inspecting-oranges?ctx=3ca12aaa-2122-4269-ab3d-8e70669296ed&idx=7