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Giant desert hairy scorpion

Hadrurus arizonensis

Ku linnya: Its common name comes from the brown hairs that cover its body.1

Tekirina kabiTekirina kabi eri abantu. Tewali kya kweraliikirira.

Enjaba

KibojjaKirya: Ennyama

Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

The giant desert hairy scorpion is the largest scorpion in North America. It lives in the hot deserts of the southwest United States and northwest Mexico. Its sting is painful, but its venom is not strong enough to be fatal.1

Kibeera mu

Sonoran and Mojave deserts of the southwest USA (Arizona, southern California, southern Nevada, south-west Utah) and north-west Mexico1

Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono

Awaka

It lives in abandoned burrows, small caves and crevices, usually in and around washes or low valleys. It also visits ornamental plants and irrigated lawns, which attract the beetles and other insects it eats. It lives at about 900 to 1800 m above sea level.1

Obuwanvu

10 cm okutuuka ku 18 cm (3,9 in okutuuka ku 7,1 in)1

Obuzito

4 g okutuuka ku 7 g (0,1 oz okutuuka ku 0,2 oz)1

Embiro ezisinga

nga 2,6 km/h (1,6 mph)

Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka

Kirya ki?

It eats large insects and spiders, and sometimes small lizards, rodents and other scorpions. It usually waits still and senses vibrations from nearby prey, then grabs it with its pincers and stings it to subdue it.1

Ekifaananyi kya Giant desert hairy scorpion — Giant desert hairy scorpion. Ekifaananyi: Robb Hannawacker, while working for Joshua Tree National Park. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

Usually tan to olive-green, with a darker back and yellow pedipalps, legs and tail1
Body covered in brown hairs, which give it its common name1
Crab-like pincers1
Length of 10 to 18 cm, with an average of 15 cm1
Females have wider, stockier bodies; males have larger pincers1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: A similar species is Hadrurus spadix. Hadrurus is a genus of large hairy scorpions found in the United States.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kibojja

Obusagwa buyita mu ggwa lyakyo eribojja.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its venom is not very potent, but the sting is commonly compared in pain to a honeybee sting. The venom is used to immobilise prey. Allergic reactions are uncommon, but they can cause difficulty breathing, excessive swelling and prolonged pain.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

Its venom is not potent enough to be fatal. Most stings are compared to a honeybee sting in pain. Serious allergic reactions are uncommon but possible.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

When provoked, it is active and aggressive, and it stings more often when it senses a predator such as a Norway rat by smell.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

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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.

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Wa mu nsi?

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

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Kizitowa kyenkana wa?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

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

Giant desert hairy scorpion nga 2,6 km/h (1,6 mph)

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

kirungi okumanya

Ebituufu

Small snakes may make up to 10% of its diet, according to field observations.1

Its blood-like fluid, called hemolymph, can kill some bacteria within 1 to 2 minutes in favourable conditions, according to a 2021 study.1

It is the largest scorpion in North America.1

It digs deep burrows, up to 2.5 m long, and comes out at night to hunt and find mates.1

It can sense vibrations in the soil through its brown hairs.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Big scorpions have dangerous venom.

Amazima: Although this scorpion is big, its venom is not very potent and is not fatal.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi: Hadrurus arizonensis
Ekibinja: Enjaba
Amaka: Hadruridae2
Ensengeka: Scorpiones
Ssemazinga: Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Abaana abawere: It gives birth to live young. The young stay on the mother's back for a week or more before leaving.1
Akabi eri abantu: 1 / 5: Kitono3

Ebituufu we biva

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