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Its diet consists of large insects, spiders, and small vertebrates. [2] Its competitors include the giant desert centipede which is also a natural predator to the scorpion. This is an active and aggressive, if provoked, scorpion, which, as with all scorpions, is nocturnal. Like all scorpions, the giant desert hairy scorpion gives birth to live ...
Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides exilicauda) [4] Beck desert scorpion (Paruroctonus becki) [4] Black hairy scorpion (Hadrurus spadix) [4] Eastern sand scorpion (Paruroctonus utahensis) [4] Giant desert hairy scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis) [4] Northern scorpion (Paruroctonus boreus) [4] Sawfinger scorpion (Serradigitus wupatkiensis) [4]
The Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus, once included in Centruroides exilicauda) is a small light brown scorpion common to the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. An adult male can reach 8 centimetres (3.1 in) of body length, while a female is slightly smaller, with a maximum length of 7 ...
The giant hairy scorpion is the largest scorpion in North America and is one of the 23 species of scorpion in Nevada. [1] The fauna of the U.S. state of Nevada is mostly species adapted to desert, temperature extremes and to lack of moisture. With an average annual rainfall of only about 7 inches (180 mm), Nevada is the driest – and has the ...
Download QR code; Print/export ... also known as the dune devil scorpion, is a species of scorpion native to the Colorado Desert of North America. [1] [2]
Hadrurus spadix requires high temperatures, and do best at 30–35 °C (86–95 °F) during the day, with a sharp drop in temperatures (to 20 °C (68 °F)) during the night to mimic desert conditions. As with all scorpions, this species can be fed most types of small insects, though crickets remain the most common choice.
Urodacus yaschenkoi, also known as the inland scorpion or the desert scorpion, is a species of scorpion belonging to the family Urodacidae. It is native to central Australia. It is also referred as the desert robust scorpion, because of its robust black colour and a long tail lined with a deadly hook.
Paruroctonus utahensis is a species of scorpion, commonly referred to as the eastern sand scorpion. [2] [3] It has a range from Utah (which is where the species epithet comes from) to Chihuahua, Mexico. [4] It feeds on many types of arthropods, with one of its most important prey items being Ammobaenetes phrixocnemoides. [5]