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Florida bark scorpion

Centruroides gracilis

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

Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.

Scorpiuns

PiztgadasMangia: Insects

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

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

Viva en

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

America dal Nord, America dal Sid

Pagina iniziala

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

Lunghezza

15 cm (5,9 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 2 km/h (1,2 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

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

Foto da Florida bark scorpion — Florida bark scorpion. Foto: lazarus. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

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

Savens confundì cun: In Florida it lives alongside two native scorpions, the Hentz striped scorpion and the Guiana striped scorpion.1

Forza dal tissi

Piztgadas

Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.

Tge fa ses tissi?

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

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

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

uschè lung sco 5 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 180 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Florida bark scorpion cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

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

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

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

Destructur da mits

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

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

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Centruroides gracilis
Gruppa: Scorpiuns
Famiglia: Buthidae2
Urden: Scorpiones
Continents: America dal Nord, America dal Sid
Poppins: 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
Privel per umans: 2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Centruroides gracilis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Centruroides gracilis (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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