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  2. Scorpion sting - Wikipedia

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    A scorpion sting is an injury caused by the stinger of a scorpion resulting in the medical condition known as scorpionism, which may vary in severity. The anatomical part of the scorpion that delivers the sting is called a "telson". In typical cases, scorpion stings usually result in pain, paresthesia, and variable swelling.

  3. Deathstalker - Wikipedia

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    The deathstalker is one of the most dangerous species of scorpions. [10] [11] Its venom is a powerful mixture of neurotoxins, with a low lethal dose. [12]While a sting from this scorpion is extraordinarily painful, it normally would not kill a healthy adult human.

  4. Scorpion - Wikipedia

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    Scorpions detect their prey with mechanoreceptive and chemoreceptive hairs on their bodies and capture them with their claws. Small animals are merely killed with the claws, particularly by large-clawed species. Larger and more aggressive prey is given a sting. [86] [87] Scorpions, like other arachnids, digest their food externally.

  5. Arizona bark scorpion - Wikipedia

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    Arizona bark scorpions do burrow, and are commonly found in homes, requiring only 1/16 of an inch for entry. [6] Arizona bark scorpions prefer riparian areas with mesquite, cottonwood, and sycamore groves, all of which have sufficient moisture and humidity to support insects and other prey species. The popularity of irrigated lawns, and other ...

  6. 11 common bug bites — and photos to help you identify them

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    Some people do develop a small, red, itchy bump that they notice after the tick bite, the Mayo Clinic says. At this early state, the bump may look and feel like a mosquito bite .

  7. Scorpionism in Central America - Wikipedia

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    Scorpions that possess the ability to inject poisonous venom with their sting belong to the family Buthidae. The Middle East and North Africa are home to the deadliest scorpions, belonging to the genus Buthus, Leiurus, Androctonus, and Hottentotta. In the region of South Africa, the deadliest scorpion belongs to the Tityus genus.

  8. Arthropod bites and stings - Wikipedia

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    Feeding bites may also contain digestive enzymes, as in spiders; spider bites have primarily evolved to paralyse and then digest prey. A sting comes from the abdomen; in most insects (which are all largely hymenopterans), the stinger is a modified ovipositor, [16] which protrudes from the abdomen. The sting consists of an insertion wound, and ...

  9. If a copperhead snake bites your dog in SC, follow these tips ...

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    Bites in these areas are more serious since the venom is often delivered directly into the victim’s bloodstream. Also, adult snakes and juveniles may inject different amounts of venom. What to ...