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Common yellow scorpion

Buthus occitanus
Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
Scorpiuns Piztgadas
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The common yellow scorpion is a scorpion from the family Buthidae. It lives in the Middle East, North Africa and southern Europe, mostly in dry, hot places. Its venom is weaker in Europe than in North Africa, where its sting can be fatal.1

Viva en
Middle East, North Africa and southern Europe, including Portugal, Spain and France in Mediterranean climate areas1
Europa
Pagina iniziala
It is often found in dry, hot areas with sparse vegetation, where it hides under stones during the day. It has also been reported from Mediterranean forests in Spain at altitudes above 1000 metres, where it snows in winter.1
Lunghezza
6 cm fin 8 cm (2,4 in fin 3,1 in)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Propi!Foto da Common yellow scorpion
Common yellow scorpion. Foto: Nabokov - the required attribution if you use this photo is "Photo by Tom Oates". CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Yellow or yellow-brown colour1
  • Body length of about 6 to 8 cm1
  • Hides under stones during the day1

Forza dal tissi

Piztgadas

Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its venom contains a toxin called BotIT6. How strong the venom is varies markedly across its range. The sting is painful in Europe but has only mild toxic effects.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

In Europe, the sting is painful but has only mild toxic effects. In North Africa, where the subspecies Buthus occitanus tunetanus lives, the sting may be fatal.1

Sch'el piztga

  • Sfradenta la piztgada cun in pachet da glatsch e fa che la persuna resta immobila. Tschertga spert agid medicinal, surtut per uffants: tscherts scorpiuns èn mortals per uffants.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sch'in tal animal ta piztga: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Common yellow scorpion circa 8 cm lung (3,1 in)In clip da palpiri circa 3 cm (1,2 in)In smartphone circa 15 cm (5,9 in)
uschè lung sco 2,5 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 220 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

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Quant svelt è el?

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Fatgs

1

Its toxicity varies markedly across its range, so the same species can be much more dangerous in one place than another.1

2

The subspecies Buthus occitanus tunetanus lives in North Africa, where its sting may be fatal.1

3

Spanish populations have been reported from Mediterranean forests above 1000 metres, where snow falls in winter.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Buthus occitanus
Gruppa
Scorpiuns
Famiglia
Buthidae2
Urden
Scorpiones
Continents
Europa
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Buthus occitanus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Buthus occitanus (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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