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Sesriem scorpion

Hottentotta conspersus
Eats: Other bugs and small animalsScorpions, ticks and friendsDeserts and dry places8 legsNot an insect, but a bug cousin

The Sesriem scorpion is a yellow to yellowish-brown scorpion from Namibia and Angola.

Fun fact: this one is not an insect. It is an arachnid with eight legs, a cousin of the spiders.
Lives in
Namibia and Angola, in dry places
Length
4 to 6.5 cm (1.6 to 2.6 in)
Top speed
about 2.1 km/h (1.3 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Dangerous: look, do not touch

Watch out! Read about its close cousin on Venom Wiki →

What does it eat?
Like other scorpions, it hunts insects and other small creatures.
For real!Photo of Sesriem scorpion
Picture by Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How big is it?

How long is it?

Sesriem scorpion about 6.5 cm long (2.6 in)A toy building brick about 3.2 cm (1.3 in)A crayon about 9 cm (3.5 in)A banana about 18 cm (7.1 in)
as long as 2 toy building bricks in a rowcould run across a dinner table in 1.7 seconds

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Fun facts

1

Its pincers are very narrow, much thinner than those of many other scorpions.

2

Its back can have black parts on a yellow body.

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Most asked questions about Sesriem scorpion

?How big is the Sesriem scorpion?

About 4 to 6.5 centimetres long.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Hottentotta conspersus
Named by
Thorell, 1876
Group
Scorpions, ticks and friends
Family
Buthidae
Classification
Arachnida > Scorpiones > Buthidae
Lives on
Africa

Where the facts come from

  1. Hottentotta conspersus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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