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European yellow-tailed scorpion

Euscorpius flavicaudis

Oor die naam: The common name refers to its yellow-brown tail.1

OnskadelikOnskadelik vir mense. Niks om oor bekommerd te wees nie.

Skerpioene

StekeEet: Vleis

Gevaar vir mense: LigSoos 'n bysteek of minder. Basies onskadelik vir mense.

This is a small black scorpion with yellow-brown legs and tail. It lives in warm parts of Southern Europe and Northwest Africa, and a colony has also settled in the United Kingdom. It is one of the few scorpions that can be found living in towns and cities.1

Leef in

Southern Europe and Northwest Africa; an introduced colony in the United Kingdom (Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, and parts of east London)1

Europa, Afrika

Tuis

In warm temperate climates it lives in built-up areas. In the UK it occupies cracks and holes in walls where the mortar between the bricks has crumbled away.1

Lengte

3,5 cm tot 4,5 cm (1,4 in tot 1,8 in)1

Topspoed

omtrent 1,1 km/h (0,68 mph)

Op land, rowwe skatting

Wat eet dit?

It is an ambush predator. It lies motionless at the entrance to its lair and moves quickly to catch prey that wanders past. Its main prey is woodlice, but it takes most small insects too.1

Foto van European yellow-tailed scorpion — European yellow-tailed scorpion. Foto: Drepanostoma. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Hoe om dit te herken

Small and black, with yellow-brown legs and tail (metasoma)1
Adults measure about 35–45 mm long1
Relatively large, strong claws (pedipalps)1
A short, thin tail1

Gifkrag

Steke

Gif kom deur 'n angel uit.

Wat doen sy gif as dit byt of steek?

It is a mildly venomous scorpion and rarely uses its stinger. Its sting is less painful for people than a bee sting.1

Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?

Gevaar vir mense: LigSoos 'n bysteek of minder. Basies onskadelik vir mense.

It is mildly venomous and rarely uses its sting. Its sting is less painful than a bee sting.1

As dit steek

Koel die steek met 'n yspak af en hou die persoon stil. Kry vinnig mediese hulp, veral vir kinders: sommige skerpioene is dodelik vir kinders.

Bel altyd eers jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911). Dit is algemene noodhulpraad, nie mediese advies nie. Noodhulp-basiese beginsels

Bly veilig

Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
As een jou steek: bly kalm, bly stil, bel jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911) of kom vinnig by 'n hospitaal uit. Onthou hoe dit gelyk het, 'n foto help.

Dit is nie uit om jou te kry nie. Dit gebruik sy gif om kos te vang of om homself te beskerm, en kruip baie eerder weg. Meer oor veilig bly

Waar in die wêreld?

Afrika Asië Europa Noord-Amerika Suid-Amerika Australië & Oseanië

Hoe groot is dit?

Hoe lank is dit?

korter as jou pinkiekan 100 meter in 330 sekondes aflê (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot is European yellow-tailed scorpion in vergelyking met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig is dit?

'n Skilpad omtrent 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

European yellow-tailed scorpion omtrent 1,1 km/h (0,68 mph)

'n Mens wat loop omtrent 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

die moeite werd om te weet

Feite

Thanks to a low metabolic rate, these scorpions can go for long periods without food, surviving on as few as four or five woodlice per year.1

The UK population is thought to have arrived in the early 19th century in a shipment of Italian masonry.1

In 2013 the British colony numbered 10,000 to 15,000 individuals, making it the northernmost population of scorpions outside the Americas.1

Cannibalism has been noted in colonies of this scorpion.1

Vir gifkenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Euscorpius flavicaudis
Groep: Skerpioene
Familie: Euscorpiidae2
Orde: Scorpiones
Kontinente: Europa, Afrika
Babas: It gives birth to live young, from a few to about 30 at a time, after a gestation period of 10–14 months; the newborns are white, soft and swollen and ride on their mother's back until their first moult, about 6 days later.1
Gevaar vir mense: 1 / 5: Lig3

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Tetratrichobothrius flavicaudis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Euscorpius flavicaudis (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
Venom Wiki: die gevaarvlak, die tipiese grootte en die spoedskatting is ons eie. Kyk hoe ons dit uitwerk: Hoe ons gevaar gradeer.

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