Florida bark scorpion
The Florida bark scorpion is a small scorpion with a sting that can cause serious harm. It is not really from Florida: it is native to northern Middle America and has spread to other places, including Florida. It hides under rocks, bark and rubbish, and sometimes lives inside houses.1

Indlela yokusibona
- Its colour varies. It may be reddish, black with reddish pincers, or dark brown with yellowish legs and red pincers.1
- Some individuals are dark brown with reddish and black tail sections.1
- Females reach up to 10 cm long. Males can grow over 15 cm long.1
Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: In Florida it lives alongside two native scorpions, the Hentz striped scorpion and the Guiana striped scorpion.1
Amandla obuthi
Ubuthi buphuma ngodosi.
Ubuthi baso benzani?
This scorpion is venomous, but much less toxic than others in its genus. Its venom is neurotoxic (it attacks the nerves) and cardiotoxic (it affects the heart), and it causes the release of catecholamines, hormones that speed up the body. Local effects include pain, redness, itching and swelling. Possible symptoms include irregular or fast heartbeat, fluid in the lungs, nausea, vomiting, sweating, diarrhoea, shock, convulsions and coma.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.It is much less toxic than other scorpions in its genus. Serious symptoms can still occur, and death is possible.1
Uma sihlaba
- Pholisa indawo ehlatshiwe ngephakethe leqhwa futhi ugcine umuntu engashukumi. Thola usizo lwezokwelapha ngokushesha, ikakhulukazi ezinganeni: amanye amafezela ayabulala ezinganeni.
Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala
Hlala uphephile
- Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
- Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
- Uma sikuhlaba: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.
Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-5 ezilandelanayo
singahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-180 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)Florida bark scorpion mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?
Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.
Sishesha kangakanani?
Amaqiniso
Females can reproduce without a male, through a process called parthenogenesis.1
Newborn young ride on their mother's back.1
Tarantulas such as Tliltocatl vagans prey on it, and a tarantula may kill it even if the scorpion strikes first.1
In a laboratory study, males lived about 33 months on average and females about 38 months.1
Despite its name, it is native to northern Middle America, not Florida.1
Umqothuli wezinganekwane
Inganekwane: It is a Florida native scorpion, as its name suggests.
Iqiniso: It is not native to Florida. It comes from northern Middle America and was introduced to Florida and other places.1
Okongoti bobuthi
- Igama lesayensi
- Centruroides gracilis
- Iqembu
- Amafezela
- Umndeni
- Buthidae2
- Ukuhleleka
- Scorpiones
- Amazwekazi
- INyakatho Melika, INingizimu Melika
- Izinsana
- The female gives birth to a litter of 25 to 35 young, and litters of 91 have been recorded. The young ride on the female's back.1
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3
Lapho amaqiniso evela khona
- Centruroides gracilis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Centruroides gracilis (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
- Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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