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The Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus, once included in Centruroides exilicauda) is a small light brown scorpion common to the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. An adult male can reach 8 centimetres (3.1 in) of body length, while a female is slightly smaller, with a maximum length of 7 ...
The Baja California bark scorpion is a scorpion that belongs to the Centruroides genus and exilicauda species and is one of the 529 species of scorpions around today and one of the 41 bark species of scorpions. [4] [5] They are native to the Western parts of North America, including Baja California, California, Arizona, and New Mexico.
A striped scorpion hiding among rocks at Taum Sauk Mountain State Park. A medium-sized scorpion that is rarely longer than 70 mm (up to around 2 3/4 in), the striped bark scorpion is a uniform pale-yellow scorpion that can be identified by two dark, longitudinal stripes on its carapace, with a dark triangle above the ocular tubercle.
Stinger of an Arizona bark scorpion. The "tail" or metasoma consists of five segments and the telson, which is not strictly a segment. The five segments are merely body rings; they lack apparent sterna or terga, and become larger distally. These segments have keels, setae and bristles which may be used for taxonomic classification.
The southern grasshopper mouse or scorpion mouse (Onychomys torridus) is a species of predatory rodent in the family Cricetidae, [2] native to Mexico and the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah in the United States. [1] Notable for its resistance to venom, it routinely preys on the highly venomous Arizona bark scorpion.
The pain of a sting from the Arizona Bark Scorpion has been compared to being struck by a bolt of lightning or electrical current. [6] These symptoms may become visible 4 to 7 minutes after injection of venom. Envenomation of a human by a scorpion may affect the sympathetic or parasympathetic systems depending on the species of scorpion.
Bark scorpion may refer to: Various Centruroides species, including: Baja California bark scorpion (Centruroides exilicauda) Arizona bark scorpion ...
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