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  2. Arizona bark scorpion - Wikipedia

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    Arizona bark scorpions practice negative geotaxis, preferring an upside down orientation, which often results in people being stung due to the scorpion being on the underside of an object. [7] The Arizona bark scorpion preys on small and medium-sized animals such as beetles, spiders, crickets, cockroaches, other insects and other scorpions. [4] [8]

  3. Scorpion sting - Wikipedia

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    The pain of a sting from the Arizona Bark Scorpion has been compared to being struck by a bolt of lightning or electrical current. [5] These symptoms may become visible 4 to 7 minutes after envenomation. Envenomation of a human by a scorpion may affect the sympathetic or parasympathetic systems depending on the species of scorpion.

  4. 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.

  5. Centruroides hentzi - Wikipedia

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    Centruroides hentzi, the Hentz striped scorpion, is a species of bark scorpion in the family Buthidae. They are native to the southeastern United States including the states of Florida , southwestern Alabama , and in the coastal plain of Southern Georgia including surrounding barrier islands. [ 1 ]

  6. Scorpion - Wikipedia

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    Arizona bark scorpion, one of the few species whose venom is deadly to humans. Scorpion venom serves to kill or paralyze prey rapidly. The stings of many species are uncomfortable, but only 25 species have venom that is deadly to humans.

  7. Centruroides gracilis - Wikipedia

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    Centruroides gracilis is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae, the bark scorpions. Its common names include Florida bark scorpion, brown bark scorpion, and slender brown scorpion. [1] [2] In Cuba it is known as alacran prieto ("dusky scorpion") and alacran azul ("blue scorpion"). [1]

  8. ‘Large’ creature — with ‘strangely shaped’ tail tip — is new ...

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    The scorpionsstings seem to be benign to humans. “So far, we only know these two new species have a narrow range in the Pilbara, restricted to creeks and drainage lines, so we need to ...

  9. Centruroides limbatus - Wikipedia

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    Centruroides limbatus is a relatively large scorpion and grows up to 110 mm in length. It is a polymorphic species that comes in a wide range of colors. Typically they have yellowish bodies with a contrasting blackish color on chelicera, the fingers of the pedipalps, the fifth segment of the tail, and the cephalothorax.