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Giant desert hairy scorpion

Hadrurus arizonensis

Kuhusu jina: Its common name comes from the brown hairs that cover its body.1

Hana madharaHana madhara kwa watu. Hakuna cha kuhofia.

Nge

KudungwaHula: Nyama

Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

The giant desert hairy scorpion is the largest scorpion in North America. It lives in the hot deserts of the southwest United States and northwest Mexico. Its sting is painful, but its venom is not strong enough to be fatal.1

Anaishi

Sonoran and Mojave deserts of the southwest USA (Arizona, southern California, southern Nevada, south-west Utah) and north-west Mexico1

Amerika Kaskazini

Nyumbani

It lives in abandoned burrows, small caves and crevices, usually in and around washes or low valleys. It also visits ornamental plants and irrigated lawns, which attract the beetles and other insects it eats. It lives at about 900 to 1800 m above sea level.1

Urefu

10 cm hadi 18 cm (3.9 in hadi 7.1 in)1

Uzito

4 g hadi 7 g (0.1 oz hadi 0.2 oz)1

Kasi ya juu

takriban km 2.6 kwa saa (maili 1.6 kwa saa)

Nchi kavu, makadirio

Hula nini?

It eats large insects and spiders, and sometimes small lizards, rodents and other scorpions. It usually waits still and senses vibrations from nearby prey, then grabs it with its pincers and stings it to subdue it.1

Picha ya Giant desert hairy scorpion — Giant desert hairy scorpion. Picha: Robb Hannawacker, while working for Joshua Tree National Park. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

Usually tan to olive-green, with a darker back and yellow pedipalps, legs and tail1
Body covered in brown hairs, which give it its common name1
Crab-like pincers1
Length of 10 to 18 cm, with an average of 15 cm1
Females have wider, stockier bodies; males have larger pincers1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: A similar species is Hadrurus spadix. Hadrurus is a genus of large hairy scorpions found in the United States.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kudungwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia mdungo.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

Its venom is not very potent, but the sting is commonly compared in pain to a honeybee sting. The venom is used to immobilise prey. Allergic reactions are uncommon, but they can cause difficulty breathing, excessive swelling and prolonged pain.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

Its venom is not potent enough to be fatal. Most stings are compared to a honeybee sting in pain. Serious allergic reactions are uncommon but possible.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

When provoked, it is active and aggressive, and it stings more often when it senses a predator such as a Norway rat by smell.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?

Ana uzito gani?

uzito sawa na vibanio vya karatasi 7

urefu sawa na matofali 6 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstarimwepesi kiasi kwamba usingemhisi mkononiangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 140 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Giant desert hairy 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)

Giant desert hairy scorpion takriban km 2.6 kwa saa (1.6 mph)

Mtu anayetembea takriban km 5 kwa saa (3.1 mph)

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

Small snakes may make up to 10% of its diet, according to field observations.1

Its blood-like fluid, called hemolymph, can kill some bacteria within 1 to 2 minutes in favourable conditions, according to a 2021 study.1

It is the largest scorpion in North America.1

It digs deep burrows, up to 2.5 m long, and comes out at night to hunt and find mates.1

It can sense vibrations in the soil through its brown hairs.1

Kuvunja dhana potofu

Dhana potofu: Big scorpions have dangerous venom.

Ukweli: Although this scorpion is big, its venom is not very potent and is not fatal.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi: Hadrurus arizonensis
Kundi: Nge
Familia: Hadruridae2
Mpangilio: Scorpiones
Mabara: Amerika Kaskazini
Watoto: It gives birth to live young. The young stay on the mother's back for a week or more before leaving.1
Hatari kwa watu: 1 / 5: Hafifu3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

Hadrurus arizonensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Hadrurus arizonensis (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
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