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European yellow-tailed scorpion

Euscorpius flavicaudis
Nípa orúkọ náà: The common name refers to its yellow-brown tail.1
AláìléwuKò léwu fún ènìyàn. Kò sí ohun tó yẹ kí ó dààmú ọ.
Àkekèé ÌtaniOúnjẹ rẹ̀: Ẹran
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Fúyẹ́Bí ìtani oyin tàbí kò tó bẹ́ẹ̀. Kò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ léwu fún ènìyàn.

This is a small black scorpion with yellow-brown legs and tail. It lives in warm parts of Southern Europe and Northwest Africa, and a colony has also settled in the United Kingdom. It is one of the few scorpions that can be found living in towns and cities.1

Ó ń gbé ní
Southern Europe and Northwest Africa; an introduced colony in the United Kingdom (Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, and parts of east London)1
Yúróòpù, Áfíríkà
Ilé
In warm temperate climates it lives in built-up areas. In the UK it occupies cracks and holes in walls where the mortar between the bricks has crumbled away.1
Gígùn
3.5 cm sí 4.5 cm (1.4 in sí 1.8 in)1
Ìyára gíga jùlọ
nǹkan bí 1.1 km/h (0.68 mph)
Lórí ilẹ̀, àfojúbù
Kí ni ó máa ń jẹ?
It is an ambush predator. It lies motionless at the entrance to its lair and moves quickly to catch prey that wanders past. Its main prey is woodlice, but it takes most small insects too.1
Ní tòótọ́!Fọ́tò European yellow-tailed scorpion
European yellow-tailed scorpion. Fọ́tò: Drepanostoma. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

  • Small and black, with yellow-brown legs and tail (metasoma)1
  • Adults measure about 35–45 mm long1
  • Relatively large, strong claws (pedipalps)1
  • A short, thin tail1

Agbára oró

Ìtani

Oró ń jáde láti inú ohun ìtani.

Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?

It is a mildly venomous scorpion and rarely uses its stinger. Its sting is less painful for people than a bee sting.1

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

Ewu fún ènìyàn: Fúyẹ́Bí ìtani oyin tàbí kò tó bẹ́ẹ̀. Kò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ léwu fún ènìyàn.

It is mildly venomous and rarely uses its sting. Its sting is less painful than a bee sting.1

Bí ó bá ta ni

  • Fi àpò yìnyín tu ibi tí ó ti ta ni lára, kí o sì jẹ́ kí ẹni náà wà láìmira. Wá ìrànlọ́wọ́ ìṣègùn kíákíá, pàápàá fún àwọn ọmọdé: àwọn àkekèé kan lè pa ọmọdé.

Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́

Wà láìléwu

  • Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
  • Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
  • Bí ọ̀kan bá ta ọ́: farabalẹ̀, má ṣe mira, pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ (112, 000, 911) tàbí lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá. Rántí bí ó ṣe rí, fọ́tò máa ń ṣèrànwọ́.

Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Ó ń lo oró rẹ̀ láti mú oúnjẹ tàbí láti dáàbò bo ara rẹ̀, ó sì fẹ́ràn láti farapamọ́ jù. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu

Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?

Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?

European yellow-tailed scorpion gígùn rẹ̀ tó nǹkan bí 4.5 cm (1.8 in)Pínì ìwé (paper clip) nǹkan bí 3 cm (1.2 in)Fóònù alágbèéká nǹkan bí 15 cm (5.9 in)
ó kúrú ju ọmọdínrín ìka rẹ lọlè sáré mítà 100 ní ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá 330 (ènìyàn tó yára jùlọ nílò 9.6)

Báwo ni European yellow-tailed scorpion ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?

Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.

Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

1

Thanks to a low metabolic rate, these scorpions can go for long periods without food, surviving on as few as four or five woodlice per year.1

2

The UK population is thought to have arrived in the early 19th century in a shipment of Italian masonry.1

3

In 2013 the British colony numbered 10,000 to 15,000 individuals, making it the northernmost population of scorpions outside the Americas.1

4

Cannibalism has been noted in colonies of this scorpion.1

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
Euscorpius flavicaudis
Ẹgbẹ́
Àkekèé
Ìdílé
Euscorpiidae2
Ètò
Scorpiones
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
Yúróòpù, Áfíríkà
Àwọn ọmọ
It gives birth to live young, from a few to about 30 at a time, after a gestation period of 10–14 months; the newborns are white, soft and swollen and ride on their mother's back until their first moult, about 6 days later.1
Ewu fún ènìyàn
1 / 5: Fúyẹ́3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

  1. Tetratrichobothrius flavicaudis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Euscorpius flavicaudis (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
  3. Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.

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