Italian scorpion
The Italian scorpion is a small scorpion that lives around the Mediterranean and in parts of southern Europe. It is the largest scorpion in its genus, and it often lives in and around buildings and ruins. It is considered harmless to people.1

Co renconuscher el
- Colour ranges from dark reddish brown to bluish black.1
- The underside and tail tip (telson) are slightly lighter than the rest of the body.1
- It is the largest species in its genus, with adults reaching up to 5 cm long.1
- It is nocturnal, so it is mostly active at night and hides during the day.1
Savens confundì cun: It is sometimes confused with Tetratrichobothrius flavicaudis. Scorpions in the genus Euscorpius are generally very similar, so identification is often difficult. Its larger size can help.1
Forza dal tissi
Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.
Quant privlus è el per umans?
Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.It rarely uses its stinger and is considered harmless. It has a mild temperament and spends most of its life hiding.1
Sch'el piztga
- If stung, it is enough to clean and disinfect the wound.1
- 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?
pli curt che tes det pitschen
pudess currer 100 meters en 300 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)Quant grond è Italian scorpion cumpareglià cun TAI?
Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.
Quant svelt è el?
Fatgs
Females carry their young on their back. The young leave their mother after their first moult, which happens about 6 or 7 days after birth.1
In the wild it is thought to live between 4 and 8 years, and one individual in a laboratory lived for over 10 years.1
Males need 5 to 6 moults to become adults, and females need 6 to 7.1
Destructur da mits
Mit: Italian scorpions are dangerous to people because they have a sting.
Vardad: It is considered harmless. It rarely uses its stinger, and a sting only needs cleaning and disinfecting.1
Per experts da tissi
Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs
- Euscorpius italicus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Euscorpius italicus (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
- 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.
Mintga fatg sin questa pagina ha in numer che renvia a sia funtauna. Sche nus avain fatg in sbagl, perstgisa, nus essan fans d'animals, betg ina revista scientifica. Scriva a nus a [email protected] e nus curregin.
Piztgadas

