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Striped bark scorpion

Centruroides vittatus

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

蜇伤吃：肉

The striped bark scorpion is a medium-sized, pale yellow scorpion with two dark stripes along its back. It lives across the middle of the United States and in northern Mexico, and it is perhaps the most often seen scorpion in the US. Its sting is painful, but it is very rarely deadly.1

生活在

Midsection of the United States (including Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas) and northern Mexico1

北美洲

首页

It lives in deserts, deciduous and coniferous forests, and temperate grassland. By day it hides under rocks and surface debris, in vegetation, and in old sheds, barns and houses. Thousands of people are stung each year, often while barefoot or when they touch it by accident in houses and other buildings.1

长度

7 cm (2.8 in)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 eats insects, smaller arachnids and even young of its own kind. It forages on the ground or in vegetation at or after sunset, when it leaves its daytime shelter.1

Striped bark scorpion的照片 — Striped bark scorpion。照片：Judy Gallagher。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Uniform pale yellow colour1
Two dark, lengthwise stripes on the carapace (the hard shield over the front of the body)1
A dark triangle above the ocular tubercle (the raised bump over the eyes)1
Medium-sized, rarely longer than 70 mm (around 2 3/4 in)1
Some paler individuals lack the stripes1

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 contains neurotoxins, which attack the nerves. These can cause tingling and numbness (paresthesia) and muscle spasms. One toxin keeps pain-sensing nerves firing for longer than normal, so the pain lasts. In rare severe cases, the venom can trigger a strong allergic-type reaction, with swelling, breathing trouble and, in the most severe cases, anaphylactic shock.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

Thousands of people are stung every year. The sting is painful and causes localised swelling, and it is very rarely deadly. Severe allergic-type reactions have occurred in some cases.1

如果它蜇人

Swelling can be treated with an ice pack. Get medical help straight away if symptoms are strong, because stings from some related bark scorpions can be deadly.1
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？

和 2 块玩具积木排成一排一样长260 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Striped bark 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)

Striped bark 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

Before mating, males hold a showdown, waving their tails until one backs down. The winner then performs a courtship dance called the promenade a deux, in which larger males usually succeed.1

Unlike most scorpions, this species is social, so males and females have more chances to meet and compete for mates.1

In Colorado, people hunt for these scorpions with blacklights each late summer around the Cheyenne Mountain area.1

Populations have been found in some cities far outside its natural range, most likely brought there by human activity.1

Birds, reptiles, some mammals and larger arachnids prey on it, and juveniles spend much of their time in vegetation to avoid being eaten.1

给毒液专家

学名: Centruroides vittatus
类别: 蝎子
家人: Buthidae2
排序: Scorpiones
大洲: 北美洲
宝宝: The female carries live young for about 8 months. The young ride on her back for at least one moult.1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3