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Florida bark scorpion

Centruroides gracilis

Kuhusu jina: Its name is misleading, because it is not native to Florida, even though that is where many people first meet it.1

Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.

Nge

KudungwaHula: Wadudu

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

The Florida bark scorpion is a small scorpion with a sting that can cause serious harm. It is not really from Florida: it is native to northern Middle America and has spread to other places, including Florida. It hides under rocks, bark and rubbish, and sometimes lives inside houses.1

Anaishi

Native to northern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras. Introduced to Cuba, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Florida, parts of Africa and Tenerife.1

Amerika Kaskazini, Amerika Kusini

Nyumbani

It lives under rocks and tree bark. Given the chance, it will live in the walls of houses and under rubbish piles in yards.1

Urefu

15 cm (5.9 in)1

Kasi ya juu

takriban km 2 kwa saa (maili 1.2 kwa saa)

Nchi kavu, makadirio

Hula nini?

It feeds on insects such as roaches. Captive scorpions can be fed termites or crickets.1

Picha ya Florida bark scorpion — Florida bark scorpion. Picha: lazarus. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

Its colour varies. It may be reddish, black with reddish pincers, or dark brown with yellowish legs and red pincers.1
Some individuals are dark brown with reddish and black tail sections.1
Females reach up to 10 cm long. Males can grow over 15 cm long.1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: In Florida it lives alongside two native scorpions, the Hentz striped scorpion and the Guiana striped scorpion.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kudungwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia mdungo.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

This scorpion is venomous, but much less toxic than others in its genus. Its venom is neurotoxic (it attacks the nerves) and cardiotoxic (it affects the heart), and it causes the release of catecholamines, hormones that speed up the body. Local effects include pain, redness, itching and swelling. Possible symptoms include irregular or fast heartbeat, fluid in the lungs, nausea, vomiting, sweating, diarrhoea, shock, convulsions and coma.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

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

It is much less toxic than other scorpions in its genus. Serious symptoms can still occur, and death is possible.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 5 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 180 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Florida 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)

Florida bark scorpion takriban km 2 kwa saa (1.2 mph)

Mtu anayetembea takriban km 5 kwa saa (3.1 mph)

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

Females can reproduce without a male, through a process called parthenogenesis.1

Newborn young ride on their mother's back.1

Tarantulas such as Tliltocatl vagans prey on it, and a tarantula may kill it even if the scorpion strikes first.1

In a laboratory study, males lived about 33 months on average and females about 38 months.1

Despite its name, it is native to northern Middle America, not Florida.1

Kuvunja dhana potofu

Dhana potofu: It is a Florida native scorpion, as its name suggests.

Ukweli: It is not native to Florida. It comes from northern Middle America and was introduced to Florida and other places.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi: Centruroides gracilis
Kundi: Nge
Familia: Buthidae2
Mpangilio: Scorpiones
Mabara: Amerika Kaskazini, Amerika Kusini
Watoto: The female gives birth to a litter of 25 to 35 young, and litters of 91 have been recorded. The young ride on the female's back.1
Hatari kwa watu: 2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

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