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  2. Arizona bark scorpion - Wikipedia

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    Arizona bark scorpions have a gestation period of several months, are born live, and are gently guided onto their mother's back. The female usually gives birth to anywhere from 25 to 35 young. These remain with their mother until their first molt, which can be up to three weeks after birth. Arizona bark scorpions have a life expectancy of about ...

  3. Hadrurus arizonensis - Wikipedia

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    Arizona Desert hairy scorpions are a warm-desert species, specially adapted to hot and dry conditions. They are usually found in and around washes or low-elevation valleys where they dig elaborate burrows (up to 2.5 m or 8 ft 2 in) and emerge at night to forage for prey and mates.

  4. Solifugae - Wikipedia

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    Solifugae is an order of arachnids known variously as solifuges, sun spiders, camel spiders, and wind scorpions. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 147 genera . Despite the common names, they are neither true scorpions (order Scorpiones) nor true spiders (order Araneae ).

  5. Striped bark scorpion - Wikipedia

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    A striped scorpion hiding among rocks at Taum Sauk Mountain State Park. A medium-sized scorpion that is rarely longer than 70 mm (up to around 2 3/4 in), the striped bark scorpion is a uniform pale-yellow scorpion that can be identified by two dark, longitudinal stripes on its carapace, with a dark triangle above the ocular tubercle.

  6. Paruroctonus boreus - Wikipedia

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    Sightings of P. boreus have been reported over broad areas of North America and it is described as one of the most widely spread scorpions on the continent. [4] [5] In the United States, areas where it is found include the state of Arizona in the Southwest, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota in the Midwest, and most of the West region (California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon ...

  7. Mastigoproctus giganteus - Wikipedia

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    Mastigoproctus giganteus female with egg sac Pet male whip scorpion. Mastigoproctus giganteus is the only species of family Thelyphonidae that occurs in the United States, [7] where it is found in Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. [8] Vinegaroons are efficient predators of scorpions and are sometimes acquired for that purpose. [9]

  8. Paraphrynus carolynae - Wikipedia

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    Populations from the Mexican state of Sonora and the U.S. state of Arizona were previously referred to as Paraphrynus mexicanus, but de Armas (2012) assigned the name Paraphrynus carolynae based on morphological differences.

  9. Uropygi - Wikipedia

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    Uropygi is an arachnid order comprising invertebrates commonly known as whip scorpions or vinegaroons (also spelled vinegarroons and vinegarones). They are often called uropygids . The name "whip scorpion" refers to their resemblance to true scorpions and possession of a whiplike tail, and "vinegaroon" refers to their ability when attacked to ...