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Stripe-tailed scorpion

Paravaejovis spinigerus

名字的由来： The name spinigerus comes from the small spiny granules at the ends of the ridges along its tail.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 stripe-tailed scorpion is a medium-sized scorpion that lives in the deserts of south-western United States and north-western Mexico. It is often found under rocks and on sandy ground. Although it is venomous like all scorpions, its venom is not considered dangerous to people.1

生活在

Sonoran Desert of north-western Mexico (Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur) and south-western United States (Arizona, New Mexico, parts of California)1

北美洲

首页

It is commonly found under rocks and surface objects, such as sleeping bags or shoes, or on sandy soil. It lives in many places, from the desert floor to rocky hillsides, and seeks out the most humid areas it can find.1

长度

6 cm到7 cm (2.4 in到2.8 in)1

体重

9.5 g (0.3 oz)1

最高速度

约 1.4 公里/小时（0.87 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It feeds mainly on small invertebrates, including other scorpions, crickets, mealworms and roaches.1

Stripe-tailed scorpion的照片 — Stripe-tailed scorpion。照片：Andrew Meeds。 CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Medium-sized, with adults reaching nearly 60–70 mm.1
Brownish-tan stripes run along the ridges on the back of the tail.1
The tail is typically thicker than the hands and pedipalps (the front claw-like limbs).1
Base colour is often light yellow or golden brown, with variable markings along the tail.1

常被误认为： The Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus) is similar in range. The stripe-tailed scorpion has a thicker tail than its hands and pedipalps, while bark scorpions have slender hands and pedipalps.1

毒液之力

蜇伤

毒液通过蜇刺出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

Like all scorpions, it is venomous. However, its venom is not medically significant for humans or other mammals.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。

It is not considered dangerous to people.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 10 个回形针一样重

和 2 块玩具积木排成一排一样长轻到放在手上你都感觉不到260 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Stripe-tailed 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)

Stripe-tailed scorpion 约 1.4 公里/小时 (0.87 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

If the male keeps dancing longer than the female, she may attack him and eat him.1

During pregnancy, the female holds an unusually rigid body posture that no other scorpion shows, with her front legs lowered at birth.1

Mating involves a dance that can last from a few minutes to several hours, and the pair then goes their separate ways.1

Pallid bats, sand-swimmer snakes, spiders, centipedes, lizards, birds and other scorpions all prey on it.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： Stripe-tailed scorpions are dangerous to people because they are venomous.

真相： Although it is venomous, its venom is not medically significant for humans or other mammals.1

给毒液专家

学名: Paravaejovis spinigerus
类别: 蝎子
家人: Vaejovidae2
排序: Scorpiones
大洲: 北美洲
宝宝: It gives birth to live young, from 1 to 100 at a time, after a pregnancy of 3–8 months. The mother carries them on her back until their first moult.1
对人的危险: 1 / 5: 轻微3