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Giant desert hairy scorpion

Hadrurus arizonensis

Davart il num: Its common name comes from the brown hairs that cover its body.1

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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

Viva en

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

America dal Nord

Pagina iniziala

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

Lunghezza

10 cm fin 18 cm (3,9 in fin 7,1 in)1

Paisa

4 g fin 7 g (0,1 oz fin 0,2 oz)1

Sveltezza maximala

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

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

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

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

Co renconuscher el

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

Savens confundì cun: A similar species is Hadrurus spadix. Hadrurus is a genus of large hairy scorpions found in the United States.1

Forza dal tissi

Piztgadas

Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.

Tge fa ses tissi?

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.

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

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

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

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?

Quant grev è el?

uschè grev sco 7 clips da palpiri

uschè lung sco 6 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auteruschè lev che ti n'al sentissas betg sin il maunpudess currer 100 meters en 140 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

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Quant svelt è el?

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

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

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

bun da savair

Fatgs

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

Destructur da mits

Mit: Big scorpions have dangerous venom.

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

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Hadrurus arizonensis
Gruppa: Scorpiuns
Famiglia: Hadruridae2
Urden: Scorpiones
Continents: America dal Nord
Poppins: It gives birth to live young. The young stay on the mother's back for a week or more before leaving.1
Privel per umans: 1 / 5: Lev3

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