Coastal robust scorpion
Urodacus novaehollandiae
Eats: Other bugs and small animalsScorpions, ticks and friendsDeserts and dry places8 legsNot an insect, but a bug cousin
The coastal robust scorpion is a big, sturdy scorpion from southern Australia. It is yellowish brown to dark brown, with a darker head and pincers. It lives in sand dunes near the sea and digs deep burrows.
Fun fact: this one is not an insect. It is an arachnid with eight legs, a cousin of the spiders.
Lives in
Southern Australia, from Adelaide to Perth, in coastal sand dunes
Length
7 to 10 cm (2.8 to 3.9 in)
What does it eat?
It waits at night near its burrow and grabs insects and other small animals that come by.
How big is it?
How long is it?
🧱as long as 3 toy building bricks in a row✋about as long as your hand🍽️could run across a dinner table in 1.4 seconds
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How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Coastal robust scorpion about 2.6 km/h (1.6 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 digs spiral burrows up to 1 metre deep and hides in them during the day.
2
It hunts at night by waiting very still and then pouncing.
3
It can live for at least 12 years.
4
It grows to about 7 to 10 centimetres long.
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Most asked questions about Coastal robust scorpion
?How big is the coastal robust scorpion?
It is about 7 to 10 centimetres long.
?How long does it live?
At least 12 years.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Urodacus novaehollandiae
- Named by
- Peters, 1861
- Group
- Scorpions, ticks and friends
- Family
- Urodacidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Scorpiones > Urodacidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Coastal burrowing scorpion, Black sand scorpion
Where the facts come from
- Urodacus novaehollandiae (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 Lionel Monod, Nadine Duperre, Danilo Harms. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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