Eastern bark scorpion
Uroplectes vittatus
Eats: Other bugs and small animalsScorpions, ticks and friendsDeserts and dry places8 legsNot an insect, but a bug cousin
The eastern bark scorpion is a small scorpion from southern Africa. It is pale yellow to orange with a darker back.
Fun fact: this one is not an insect. It is an arachnid with eight legs, a cousin of the spiders.
Lives in
Southern Africa
Length
6 cm (2.4 in)
at most, with the tail stretched outWhat does it eat?
Like other scorpions, it hunts insects and other small creatures.
How big is it?
How long is it?
🧱as long as 2 toy building bricks in a row🍽️could run across a dinner table in 1.8 seconds
How big is Eastern bark scorpion compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Eastern bark scorpion about 2 km/h (1.2 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It usually has a line of pale yellow marks down the middle of its back.
2
Many have a dark triangle or V shape in front of their eyes.
3
Scorpions have eight legs, just like spiders, because they are arachnids too.
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Most asked questions about Eastern bark scorpion
?How big is the eastern bark scorpion?
It is smaller than 6 centimetres, even with its tail stretched out.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Uroplectes vittatus
- Group
- Scorpions, ticks and friends
- Family
- Buthidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Scorpiones > Buthidae
- Lives on
- Africa
Where the facts come from
- Uroplectes vittatus (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 Robert Webster Depicted place: Ngamiland East, BW-NC, BW ( 19°53′51″S 23°16′57″E / 19.897425°S 23.2824433333°E / -19.897425; 23.2824433333 ). CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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