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Florida bark scorpion

Centruroides gracilis

Ku linnya: Its name is misleading, because it is not native to Florida, even though that is where many people first meet it.1

Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.

Enjaba

KibojjaKirya: Ebiwuka

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The Florida bark scorpion is a small scorpion with a sting that can cause serious harm. It is not really from Florida: it is native to northern Middle America and has spread to other places, including Florida. It hides under rocks, bark and rubbish, and sometimes lives inside houses.1

Kibeera mu

Native to northern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras. Introduced to Cuba, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Florida, parts of Africa and Tenerife.1

Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono, Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo

Awaka

It lives under rocks and tree bark. Given the chance, it will live in the walls of houses and under rubbish piles in yards.1

Obuwanvu

15 cm (5,9 in)1

Embiro ezisinga

nga 2 km/h (1,2 mph)

Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka

Kirya ki?

It feeds on insects such as roaches. Captive scorpions can be fed termites or crickets.1

Ekifaananyi kya Florida bark scorpion — Florida bark scorpion. Ekifaananyi: lazarus. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

Its colour varies. It may be reddish, black with reddish pincers, or dark brown with yellowish legs and red pincers.1
Some individuals are dark brown with reddish and black tail sections.1
Females reach up to 10 cm long. Males can grow over 15 cm long.1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: In Florida it lives alongside two native scorpions, the Hentz striped scorpion and the Guiana striped scorpion.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kibojja

Obusagwa buyita mu ggwa lyakyo eribojja.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

This scorpion is venomous, but much less toxic than others in its genus. Its venom is neurotoxic (it attacks the nerves) and cardiotoxic (it affects the heart), and it causes the release of catecholamines, hormones that speed up the body. Local effects include pain, redness, itching and swelling. Possible symptoms include irregular or fast heartbeat, fluid in the lungs, nausea, vomiting, sweating, diarrhoea, shock, convulsions and coma.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

It is much less toxic than other scorpions in its genus. Serious symptoms can still occur, and death is possible.1

Bwe kibojja

Nyogoza ekifo ekibojjeddwa ne ayisi era omuntu muleke ateetambula. Funa obuyambi bw'abasawo mangu, naddala ku baana: enjaba ezimu zitta abaana.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
Bw'emu ekubojja: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Wa mu nsi?

Afirika Asiya Bulaaya Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

kiwanvu nga bbulooka 5 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 180 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

Florida bark scorpion kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

Enfuddu nga 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Florida bark scorpion nga 2 km/h (1,2 mph)

Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

kirungi okumanya

Ebituufu

Females can reproduce without a male, through a process called parthenogenesis.1

Newborn young ride on their mother's back.1

Tarantulas such as Tliltocatl vagans prey on it, and a tarantula may kill it even if the scorpion strikes first.1

In a laboratory study, males lived about 33 months on average and females about 38 months.1

Despite its name, it is native to northern Middle America, not Florida.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: It is a Florida native scorpion, as its name suggests.

Amazima: It is not native to Florida. It comes from northern Middle America and was introduced to Florida and other places.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi: Centruroides gracilis
Ekibinja: Enjaba
Amaka: Buthidae2
Ensengeka: Scorpiones
Ssemazinga: Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono, Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo
Abaana abawere: The female gives birth to a litter of 25 to 35 young, and litters of 91 have been recorded. The young ride on the female's back.1
Akabi eri abantu: 2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

Centruroides gracilis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Centruroides gracilis (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
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