Striped bark scorpion
Overview
Scorpion
Scorpions are predatory arthropod animals of the order Scorpiones within the class Arachnida. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by the pair of grasping claws and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger...
found throughout the midsection of the United States
United States
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and northern Mexico
Mexico
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. It is perhaps the most frequently encountered scorpion in the U.S.
A medium-sized scorpion that is rarely longer than 70 mm (up to around 7 cm, or 2 3/4 inches), it is easily identified by two dark, longitudinal stripes on its carapace, with a dark triangular mark on its head.
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