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Giant desert hairy scorpion

Hadrurus arizonensis
Malunga negama: Its common name comes from the brown hairs that cover its body.1
AsinangoziAsinangozi ebantwini. Akukho nto yokukhathazeka ngayo.
Oonomadudwane UkuhlabaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

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

Sihlala
Sonoran and Mojave deserts of the southwest USA (Arizona, southern California, southern Nevada, south-west Utah) and north-west Mexico1
uMntla Melika
Ekhaya
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
Ubude
10 cm ukuya ku-18 cm (3,9 in ukuya ku-7,1 in)1
Ubunzima
4 g ukuya ku-7 g (0,1 oz ukuya ku-0,2 oz)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-2,6 km/h (1,6 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
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
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Giant desert hairy scorpion
Giant desert hairy scorpion. Ifoto: Robb Hannawacker, while working for Joshua Tree National Park. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • 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

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: A similar species is Hadrurus spadix. Hadrurus is a genus of large hairy scorpions found in the United States.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuhlaba

Ityhefu iphuma ngenaliti yokuhlaba.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

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

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

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

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

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

Ukuba siyahlaba

  • Pholisa indawo ehlatyiweyo ngepakethi yomkhenkce kwaye ugcine umntu engashukumi. Fumana uncedo lwezonyango ngokukhawuleza, ingakumbi kubantwana: abanye oonomadudwane bayabulala kubantwana.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

  • Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
  • Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Ukuba siyakuhlaba: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Giant desert hairy scorpion malunga ne-18 cm ubude (7,1 in)Ibhanana malunga ne-18 cm (7,1 in)Ikati yasekhaya malunga ne-50 cm (1,6 ft)

Sinzima kangakanani?

ubunzima obulingana neziqhobosho zephepha eziyi-7
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-6 zilandelelanasilula kangangokuba ubungayi kusiva esandleni sakhosingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-140 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Giant desert hairy scorpion mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

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

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: Big scorpions have dangerous venom.

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

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Hadrurus arizonensis
Iqela
Oonomadudwane
Usapho
Hadruridae2
Ucwangco
Scorpiones
Amazwekazi
uMntla Melika
Iintsana
It gives birth to live young. The young stay on the mother's back for a week or more before leaving.1
Ingozi ebantwini
1 / 5: Kuthambile3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Hadrurus arizonensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hadrurus arizonensis (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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