Arizona bark scorpion
The Arizona bark scorpion is a small, light brown scorpion from the deserts of the southwestern United States and Mexico. It hunts at night and hides during the hot day. It is a great climber and even likes to hang upside down.
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Fun facts
It glows under ultraviolet light, which helps people find it at night with a special torch.
A mother has about 25 to 35 babies, and they ride around on her back.
It can climb walls and trees, and it often hides upside down under things.
It can squeeze into a house through a gap thinner than two millimetres.
Most asked questions about Arizona bark scorpion
?Why does the bark scorpion glow?
Like most scorpions, its body glows under ultraviolet light. People use UV torches to spot them at night.
?How long does an Arizona bark scorpion live?
About six years.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Centruroides sculpturatus
- Group
- Scorpions, ticks and friends
- Family
- Buthidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Scorpiones > Buthidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Arizona bark scorpion (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Andrew Meeds. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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