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Baja California bark scorpion

Centruroides exilicauda

Kuhusu jina: Its name comes from Baja California, the peninsula in Mexico where it is found, and from its bark-dwelling habits.1

Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.

Nge

KudungwaHula: Nyama

Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

The Baja California bark scorpion is a slender scorpion with a long tail. It lives in the western deserts and wet places of North America, mainly in Baja California. It matters because it is closely related to the Arizona bark scorpion, and scientists only confirmed in 2004 that the two are separate species.1

Anaishi

Baja California, and parts of the western United States: California, Arizona and New Mexico1

Amerika Kaskazini

Nyumbani

It is often found in cool, moist places such as creek, stream and lakeside areas. It hides under tree bark, in rock crevices and in other ground cover to shelter from the daytime heat. It is nocturnal, so it is mostly active outside at night. It may occasionally shelter in homes or other buildings, but this is uncommon.1

Urefu

3.8 cm hadi 7.6 cm (1.5 in hadi 3 in)1

Kasi ya juu

takriban km 1.4 kwa saa (maili 0.87 kwa saa)

Nchi kavu, makadirio

Hula nini?

It is a carnivorous predator that feeds on insects, centipedes, spiders and other scorpions. In the wild it typically feeds every two to three days.1

Picha ya Baja California bark scorpion — Baja California bark scorpion. Picha: Alan Rockefeller. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

Slender body with a long tail1
Typically sand-coloured, though it can appear darker1
Exoskeleton can be yellow, light brown or gold1
Body length of about 3.8 to 7.6 cm1
Rests its tail on the ground, unlike other scorpions that hold it arched over the back. It also has a subaculear tooth at the tip of its stinger1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: It is closely related to the Arizona bark scorpion, and their body shapes can be almost impossible to tell apart. Differences in venom and DNA are used to separate the two species. The subaculear tooth at the tip of the stinger and the way the tail rests on the ground are the main features that set it apart from other scorpions.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kudungwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia mdungo.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

It uses venom to hunt, injecting it into prey to immobilise or kill it. Each scorpion species has a unique venom profile, which is used to tell species apart. In humans, its venom may cause difficulty breathing or muscle spasms.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

Its venom has the potential to be fatal to humans, but the chances of this happening are low. It is not considered dangerous, and it is less of a medical threat than its close relative, the Arizona bark scorpion.1

Akidunga

Poza mahali palipodungwa kwa barafu na umweke mtu bila kutikisika. Tafuta msaada wa kitabibu haraka, hasa kwa watoto: baadhi ya nge ni hatari ya kifo kwa watoto.

Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza

Kaa salama

Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
Akikudunga: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.

Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama

Wapi duniani?

Afrika Asia Ulaya Amerika Kaskazini Amerika Kusini Australia na Oceania

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

urefu sawa na matofali 2.5 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 260 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Baja California bark scorpion ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

Kobe takriban km 0.3 kwa saa (0.19 mph)

Baja California bark scorpion takriban km 1.4 kwa saa (0.87 mph)

Mtu anayetembea takriban km 5 kwa saa (3.1 mph)

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

It can climb and cling upside down to surfaces, a behaviour called negative geotaxis.1

It can go without food or water for long periods, because its body is adapted to hold on to nutrients.1

It is prey for owls, lizards, snakes, bats, mice and shrews.1

Kuvunja dhana potofu

Dhana potofu: It is the same species as the Arizona bark scorpion.

Ukweli: The two were grouped as one species in 1980, but differences in venom toxicity and DNA analysis in 2004 showed they are separate species.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi: Centruroides exilicauda
Kundi: Nge
Familia: Buthidae2
Mpangilio: Scorpiones
Mabara: Amerika Kaskazini
Hatari kwa watu: 2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

Centruroides exilicauda (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Centruroides exilicauda (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
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