Florida bark scorpion
The Florida bark scorpion is a long, slim scorpion that can be red, brown or almost black. It hides under rocks and tree bark during the day. Funny thing: despite its name, it does not come from Florida, it came there from Central America.
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Fun facts
A mother can have 25 to 35 babies at once, and they ride on her back.
The babies shed their skin for the first time when they are just eight days old.
In Cuba it is called the dusky scorpion or the blue scorpion.
Sometimes it moves into the walls of houses or under piles of rubbish in yards.
Even this scorpion has enemies: some tarantulas can beat it.
Most asked questions about Florida bark scorpion
?What does the Florida bark scorpion eat?
Insects, such as cockroaches.
?How big does the Florida bark scorpion get?
Females grow up to 10 centimetres and males can be longer than 15 centimetres.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Centruroides gracilis
- Group
- Scorpions, ticks and friends
- Family
- Buthidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Scorpiones > Buthidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America, Africa
- Also known as
- Brown bark scorpion, Red bark scorpion, Slender brown scorpion, Slender red scorpion
Where the facts come from
- Centruroides gracilis (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 Max0rz. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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