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Giant desert hairy scorpion

Hadrurus arizonensis
Ka ga leina: Its common name comes from the brown hairs that cover its body.1
Ga e na kotsiGa e na kotsi go batho. Ga go na sepe se o tshwanetseng go tshwenyega ka sone.
Diphepheng Go tlhabaE ja: Nama
Kotsi go batho: Kotsi e nnyeJaaka go tlhabiwa ke notshe kgotsa go le kwa tlase. Ga e na kotsi go batho.

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

E tshela kwa
Sonoran and Mojave deserts of the southwest USA (Arizona, southern California, southern Nevada, south-west Utah) and north-west Mexico1
Amerika Bokone
Gae
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
Boleele
10 cm go ya go 18 cm (3,9 in go ya go 7,1 in)1
Bokima
4 g go ya go 7 g (0,1 oz go ya go 0,2 oz)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 2,6 km/h (1,6 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
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
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Giant desert hairy scorpion
Giant desert hairy scorpion. Setshwantsho: Robb Hannawacker, while working for Joshua Tree National Park. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • 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

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: A similar species is Hadrurus spadix. Hadrurus is a genus of large hairy scorpions found in the United States.1

Maatla a botlhole

Go tlhaba

Botlhole bo tswa ka lemao le le tlhabang.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

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

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: Kotsi e nnyeJaaka go tlhabiwa ke notshe kgotsa go le kwa tlase. Ga e na kotsi go batho.

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

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

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

Fa e tlhaba

  • Tsidifatsa fa go tlhabilweng ka pakana ya aese mme o dire gore motho a nne a sa tshikinyege. Batla thuso ya bongaka ka bonako, bogolo jang go bana: diphepheng dingwe di bolaya bana.

Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha

Nna o babalesegile

  • O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
  • E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
  • Fa e nngwe e go tlhaba: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.

Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Giant desert hairy scorpion e ka nna 18 cm ka boleele (7,1 in)Panana e ka nna 18 cm (7,1 in)Katse ya ntlo e ka nna 50 cm (1,6 ft)

E kima go le kae?

bokima jo bo lekanang le dikelipi tsa pampiri di le 7
boleele jo bo lekanang le diboloko tsa go aga tsa ditshamekisi di le 6 mo molengbofefo mo o ka se e utlweng mo seatleng sa gagoe ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 140 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Giant desert hairy scorpion e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E bonako go le kae?

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

1

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

2

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

3

It is the largest scorpion in North America.1

4

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

5

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

Mosenyi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: Big scorpions have dangerous venom.

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

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Hadrurus arizonensis
Setlhopha
Diphepheng
Lelapa
Hadruridae2
Lekoko
Scorpiones
Dikontinente
Amerika Bokone
Masea
It gives birth to live young. The young stay on the mother's back for a week or more before leaving.1
Kotsi go batho
1 / 5: Kotsi e nnye3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Hadrurus arizonensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hadrurus arizonensis (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
  3. Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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