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Arizona bark scorpion

Centruroides sculpturatus
Bisaba mugangaNi gake yica, ariko guterwa urubori na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga.
Sikorupiyo Itera uruboriIrya: Inyama
Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeGuterwa urubori na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

The Arizona bark scorpion is a small, light brown scorpion. It lives in the Sonoran Desert of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is the most venomous scorpion in the United States, so it is important to know what it looks like and what to do after a sting.1

Iba muri
Southwestern United States (southern California, Arizona, southern Nevada, south-west Utah, western New Mexico) and northern Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua)1
Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
Ahabanza
It is active at night and hides during the day, usually under rocks, wood piles or tree bark. It often gets into homes through gaps only 1/16 of an inch wide, and it prefers damp areas such as riverside groves and irrigated lawns.1
Uburebure
8 cm (3,1 in)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
It preys on small and medium-sized animals, including beetles, spiders, crickets, cockroaches, other insects and other scorpions.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Arizona bark scorpion
Arizona bark scorpion. Ifoto: Andrew Meeds. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • Small and light brown, tan or light beige in colour1
  • Adults are up to 8 cm long (males) or up to 7 cm long (females)1
  • Glows (fluoresces) under a blacklight, so it can be spotted at night from about six feet away with a UV flashlight1
  • Can climb walls, trees and other rough surfaces, and often sits on the underside of objects1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Itera urubori

Ubumara busohokera mu rubori.

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

The venom causes severe pain in adults, along with numbness, tingling and vomiting. These symptoms typically last between 24 and 72 hours. The stung area may stop working for a time, so a hand or arm can be temporarily immobilised or have convulsions. Some victims also feel short breaths and electrical jolts.1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeGuterwa urubori na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

Two deaths have been recorded in Arizona since 1968. Thousands of people are estimated to be stung each year in Arizona and New Mexico. Young children are at particular risk of severe symptoms.1

Inkuru nziza: abaganga bafite umuti (umuti urwanya ubumara, antivenom) cyangwa uburyo bwo kuvura ibi.1

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

It will not seek out humans unless it is provoked or defending its young.1

Niba itera urubori

  • Clean the sting site with soap and water, then apply a cool compress. You can take acetaminophen (paracetamol) or ibuprofen for pain and swelling. Get medical attention straight away if severe symptoms occur, especially in young children.1
  • Konjesha aho yateye urubori ukoresheje agapaki k'urubura, kandi umuntu agume atuje atanyeganyega. Shaka ubufasha bwa muganga vuba, cyane cyane ku bana: sikorupiyo zimwe zica abana.

Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze

Irinde akaga

  • Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
  • Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
  • Niba imwe igutereye urubori: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.

Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

Arizona bark scorpion ireshya hafi 8 cm (3,1 in)Trombone yo gufata impapuro hafi 3 cm (1,2 in)Telefoni igezweho hafi 15 cm (5,9 in)
ireshya n'ibice 2,5 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongoyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 220 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Arizona bark scorpion ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.

Yihuta gute?

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

1

Scorpions, including this species, were found near ground zero during American nuclear tests, with no recorded harmful effects.1

2

Its venom has little effect on grasshopper mice, which scientists found use the toxin as a pain reducer rather than a pain trigger.1

3

It is the only scorpion genus in the Southwest that can climb rough walls and trees.1

4

Layers of wax on its outer shell help it resist water loss in the desert.1

5

Newly moulted scorpions do not glow under UV light for a few days.1

6

Young scorpions are gently guided onto their mother's back, where they stay after birth.1

Usenya ibinyoma

Ikinyoma: Scorpions go looking for people to sting them.

Ukuri: They will not seek out humans unless they are provoked or defending their young. Many stings happen when people touch a scorpion on the underside of an object, where it is hiding.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Centruroides sculpturatus
Itsinda
Sikorupiyo
Umuryango
Buthidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Scorpiones
Imigabane
Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
Abana bato
The young are born live, usually 25 to 35 at a time, and ride on their mother's back until their first moult.1
Igihe ibaho
hafi imyaka 61
Akaga ku bantu
3 / 5: Ikomeye3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Arizona bark scorpion (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Centruroides sculpturatus (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
  3. Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.

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