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Cuban blue scorpion

Heteroctenus junceus

Kuhusu jina: Its common name 'blue scorpion' comes from the blue tone on its tail and stinger, and 'red scorpion' comes from its reddish dark body.1

Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.

Nge

Kudungwa

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

The Cuban blue scorpion, also called the red scorpion, is a scorpion found only in a few parts of the Caribbean and Central America. It lives under rocks and fallen trees and among bromeliad plants. Hundreds of people are stung by it each year in Cuba, but the stings are not considered dangerous.1

Anaishi

Cuba and the Dominican Republic, as well as parts of Central America. It is one of 36 scorpion types found in these areas.1

Amerika Kaskazini

Nyumbani

It lives in areas ranging from savanna forests to semi-desert. It is commonly found under rocks or fallen trees, and within the bromeliad plants that grow on trees.1

Urefu

5.5 cm hadi 10 cm (2.2 in hadi 3.9 in)1

Kasi ya juu

takriban km 1.7 kwa saa (maili 1.1 kwa saa)

Nchi kavu, makadirio

Picha ya Cuban blue scorpion — Cuban blue scorpion. Picha: Paintik. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

Adults are 55 to 100 mm (5.5 to 10 cm) long.1
The body is yellowish brown, pink or orange, and often reddish or dark.1
The tail is red or purple, with a blue tone on the tail and stinger.1
The eight legs are darker, in burgundy, purple or blackish shades, with a black triangle between them.1
It has a single stinger.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kudungwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia mdungo.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

Its venom has an LD50 of 8.0 mg/kg, which is a measure of toxicity. The amount that would be needed to reach this level is far more than the stinger carries, so a single sting delivers much less than this dose.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

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

Hundreds of people in Cuba are stung by this scorpion each year. The stings are not dangerous, because the amount of venom in the stinger is far below the LD50 level.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 3 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 210 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Cuban blue 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)

Cuban blue scorpion takriban km 1.7 kwa saa (1.1 mph)

Mtu anayetembea takriban km 5 kwa saa (3.1 mph)

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

In Cuba, a mixture called escoazul is used in traditional medicine as an anti-inflammatory. It contains a diluted dose of this scorpion's venom.1

Only 15% of these scorpions reach adulthood, because lack of food is a major problem for them.1

Its life expectancy is three to five years.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

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

Ukweli unatoka wapi

Heteroctenus junceus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Heteroctenus junceus (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
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