#centruroides

[herpsandbirds]

Can we see some scorpions of your choosing?

How about some arizona bark scorpions, one under normal light... and one fluorescing under black light.

Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus), family Buthidae, Phoenix, AZ, USA

photograph by Andrew Meeds 

Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus), family Buthidae, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ, USA

Black lights are very useful for finding scorpions at night, because they fluoresce under such light. (Often fluorescing shades of blue or green).

They should, however, not be exposed to them long term, as the exoskeleton can be damaged from prolonged exposure.

photograph by Andrew Meeds 

[snototter]

A striped bark scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) flouresces under UV light in Texas, USA

by jciv

[every-day-creechur]

Centruroides fallassisimus

A species of bark scorpion found in Guatemala.

image by John Sullivan

[jack-of-all-inverts]

Centruroides sculpturatus - Mother & Plings

Also known as the Arizona Bark Scorpion

[morbidsmenagerie]

All the non-vaejovidae US native scorpions, this collection represents 6 families!

Centruroides gracilis - Anuroctonus phaiodactylus

Anuroctonus pococki - Diplocentrus peloncillensis

Hadrurus arizonensis - Centruroides vittatus

Centruroides sculpturatus - Uroctonus mordax

Superstitionia donensis - Diplocentrus spitzeri

[usgsbiml]

The wink of The Striped Bark Scorpion. Centruroides vittatus

[toothedgoose]

Centruroides vittatus

Striped bark scorpion

Escorpión rayado de la corteza

6 of August 2022 — Jalisco, MX

Striped bark scorpion stings are painful but rarely deadly (as is in the case of an allergy, for example). However, the stings of other members of their genus can be very dangerous, so be careful out there :)

What a whimsical little friend <3 I love scorpions so much, they’re so cute.

[birdblues]

Bark Scorpion