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Giant desert hairy scorpion

Hadrurus arizonensis
Nípa orúkọ náà: Its common name comes from the brown hairs that cover its body.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.

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

Ó ń gbé ní
Sonoran and Mojave deserts of the southwest USA (Arizona, southern California, southern Nevada, south-west Utah) and north-west Mexico1
Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà
Ilé
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
Gígùn
10 cm sí 18 cm (3.9 in sí 7.1 in)1
Ìwúwo
4 g sí 7 g (0.1 oz sí 0.2 oz)1
Ìyára gíga jùlọ
nǹkan bí 2.6 km/h (1.6 mph)
Lórí ilẹ̀, àfojúbù
Kí ni ó máa ń jẹ?
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
Ní tòótọ́!Fọ́tò Giant desert hairy scorpion
Giant desert hairy scorpion. Fọ́tò: Robb Hannawacker, while working for Joshua Tree National Park. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

  • 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

A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: A similar species is Hadrurus spadix. Hadrurus is a genus of large hairy scorpions found in the United States.1

Agbára oró

Ìtani

Oró ń jáde láti inú ohun ìtani.

Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?

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

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

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

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

Kí ni ó máa ń ṣe nígbà tí ẹ̀rù bá bà á?

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

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?

Giant desert hairy scorpion gígùn rẹ̀ tó nǹkan bí 18 cm (7.1 in)Ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ kan nǹkan bí 18 cm (7.1 in)Ológbò ilé nǹkan bí 50 cm (1.6 ft)

Báwo ló ṣe wúwo tó?

ó wúwo tó pínì ìwé 7
ó gùn tó bíríkì ìṣeré 6 tí a tò sí ìlà kanó fúyẹ́ débi pé o kò ní mọ̀ ọ́n lára lọ́wọ́ rẹlè sáré mítà 100 ní ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá 140 (ènìyàn tó yára jùlọ nílò 9.6)

Báwo ni Giant desert hairy 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

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

Olùfọ́ àròsọ

Àròsọ: Big scorpions have dangerous venom.

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

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
Hadrurus arizonensis
Ẹgbẹ́
Àkekèé
Ìdílé
Hadruridae2
Ètò
Scorpiones
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà
Àwọn ọmọ
It gives birth to live young. The young stay on the mother's back for a week or more before leaving.1
Ewu fún ènìyàn
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Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

  1. Hadrurus arizonensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hadrurus arizonensis (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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