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Granulated thick-tailed scorpion

Parabuthus granulatus
E ka bolayaE ka o bolaya ntle le kalafo. Ha e ka o hlaba, fumana thuso kapele.
Diphepheng Ho hlaba
Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

The granulated thick-tailed scorpion is a large scorpion, about 11.5 cm long, that lives in the drier parts of southern Africa. It is one of the more venomous scorpions in its region. It causes more serious stings in South Africa than any other scorpion species.1

E phela
Southern Angola, Namibia, Botswana, western Zimbabwe and South Africa (Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Limpopo)1
Afrika
Lapeng
It lives in dry country and prefers stable sandy or gritty soil. It burrows at the base of grass tufts, shrubs, logs or stones. It is sparsely spread out, but it hunts actively in the open, so people can come into contact with it.1
Bolelele
12 cm (4,5 in)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 2,5 km/h (1,6 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
Ka nnete!Foto ya Granulated thick-tailed scorpion
Granulated thick-tailed scorpion. Foto: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Dark yellow to brown in colour1
  • Large, at about 11.5 cm1
  • Has a relatively small vesicle (the bulb at the tail tip that holds the venom)1

Matla a chefo

Ho hlaba

Chefo e tswa ka lemao le hlabang.

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

Of all scorpion species, it causes the most serious cases of envenomation in South Africa. A few people die from its sting each year.1

Haeba e hlaba

  • Pholisa moo e hlabileng teng ka pakete ya leqhwa mme o boloke motho a sa sisinyehe. Fumana thuso ya bongaka kapele, haholoholo bakeng sa bana: diphepheng tse ding di bolaya bana.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o hlaba: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Granulated thick-tailed scorpion bolelele ba e ka bang 12 cm (4,5 in)Klipi ya pampiri e ka bang 3 cm (1,2 in)Fono e bohlale e ka bang 15 cm (5,9 in)
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 4 molenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 140 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Granulated thick-tailed scorpion e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

A few people die from its sting each year in South Africa.1

2

It is responsible for most of the serious scorpion stings in South Africa.1

3

It is one of the most venomous scorpions in its region, even though its venom gland (vesicle) is relatively small.1

4

It forages actively in open ground, which brings it into contact with people.1

5

It digs burrows at the base of grass tufts, shrubs, logs or stones and prefers sandy or gritty soil.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Parabuthus granulatus
Sehlopha
Diphepheng
Lelapa
Buthidae2
Tatelano
Scorpiones
Dikontinente
Afrika
Kotsi ho batho
4 / 5: E kotsi haholo3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Parabuthus granulatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Parabuthus granulatus (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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