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Giant desert hairy scorpion

Hadrurus arizonensis

名字的由来： Its common name comes from the brown hairs that cover its body.1

无害对人无害。不用担心。

蝎子

蜇伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

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

生活在

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

北美洲

首页

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

长度

10 cm到18 cm (3.9 in到7.1 in)1

体重

4 g到7 g (0.1 oz到0.2 oz)1

最高速度

约 2.6 公里/小时（1.6 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

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

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

怎样认出它

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

常被误认为： A similar species is Hadrurus spadix. Hadrurus is a genus of large hairy scorpions found in the United States.1

毒液之力

蜇伤

毒液通过蜇刺出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

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

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

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

它害怕时会做什么？

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

如果它蜇人

用冰袋冷敷蜇伤处，让人保持不动。尽快就医，尤其是儿童：有些蝎子对孩子是致命的。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它蜇了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

它有多重？

和 7 个回形针一样重

和 6 块玩具积木排成一排一样长轻到放在手上你都感觉不到140 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Giant desert hairy scorpion和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Giant desert hairy scorpion 约 2.6 公里/小时 (1.6 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

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

谣言粉碎机

谣言： Big scorpions have dangerous venom.

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

给毒液专家

学名: Hadrurus arizonensis
类别: 蝎子
家人: Hadruridae2
排序: Scorpiones
大洲: 北美洲
宝宝: It gives birth to live young. The young stay on the mother's back for a week or more before leaving.1
对人的危险: 1 / 5: 轻微3