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Stripe-tailed scorpion

Paravaejovis spinigerus
Davart il num: The name spinigerus comes from the small spiny granules at the ends of the ridges along its tail.1
NunprivlusNunprivlus per umans. Nagut da far quitads.
Scorpiuns PiztgadasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.

The stripe-tailed scorpion is a medium-sized scorpion that lives in the deserts of south-western United States and north-western Mexico. It is often found under rocks and on sandy ground. Although it is venomous like all scorpions, its venom is not considered dangerous to people.1

Viva en
Sonoran Desert of north-western Mexico (Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur) and south-western United States (Arizona, New Mexico, parts of California)1
America dal Nord
Pagina iniziala
It is commonly found under rocks and surface objects, such as sleeping bags or shoes, or on sandy soil. It lives in many places, from the desert floor to rocky hillsides, and seeks out the most humid areas it can find.1
Lunghezza
6 cm fin 7 cm (2,4 in fin 2,8 in)1
Paisa
9,5 g (0,3 oz)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 1,4 km/h (0,87 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It feeds mainly on small invertebrates, including other scorpions, crickets, mealworms and roaches.1
Propi!Foto da Stripe-tailed scorpion
Stripe-tailed scorpion. Foto: Andrew Meeds. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Medium-sized, with adults reaching nearly 60–70 mm.1
  • Brownish-tan stripes run along the ridges on the back of the tail.1
  • The tail is typically thicker than the hands and pedipalps (the front claw-like limbs).1
  • Base colour is often light yellow or golden brown, with variable markings along the tail.1

Savens confundì cun: The Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus) is similar in range. The stripe-tailed scorpion has a thicker tail than its hands and pedipalps, while bark scorpions have slender hands and pedipalps.1

Forza dal tissi

Piztgadas

Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Like all scorpions, it is venomous. However, its venom is not medically significant for humans or other mammals.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

It is not considered dangerous to people.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?

Stripe-tailed scorpion circa 7 cm lung (2,8 in)In clip da palpiri circa 3 cm (1,2 in)In smartphone circa 15 cm (5,9 in)

Quant grev è el?

uschè grev sco 10 clips da palpiri
uschè lung sco 2 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auteruschè lev che ti n'al sentissas betg sin il maunpudess currer 100 meters en 260 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Stripe-tailed scorpion cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

If the male keeps dancing longer than the female, she may attack him and eat him.1

2

During pregnancy, the female holds an unusually rigid body posture that no other scorpion shows, with her front legs lowered at birth.1

3

Mating involves a dance that can last from a few minutes to several hours, and the pair then goes their separate ways.1

4

Pallid bats, sand-swimmer snakes, spiders, centipedes, lizards, birds and other scorpions all prey on it.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: Stripe-tailed scorpions are dangerous to people because they are venomous.

Vardad: Although it is venomous, its venom is not medically significant for humans or other mammals.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Paravaejovis spinigerus
Gruppa
Scorpiuns
Famiglia
Vaejovidae2
Urden
Scorpiones
Continents
America dal Nord
Poppins
It gives birth to live young, from 1 to 100 at a time, after a pregnancy of 3–8 months. The mother carries them on her back until their first moult.1
Privel per umans
1 / 5: Lev3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Paravaejovis spinigerus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Paravaejovis spinigerus (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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