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Hadrurus arizonesis
Found looking for mineral samples at about 6000 ft near an old mining area. I picked up a board on a hillside littered with yellow calcite crystals. She was in a depression under an old board. Habitat has an average 5 inches precipitation a year. Highs in August range from 80-90F degrees daytime and 50-60F degrees at night. After photographing her and her kids I carefully replaced the wood.
Juniper, pinyon and sagebrush hillside. Soil sandy and under decaying board. Altitude 6000 feet.
I am not positive of the species as her body was covered with offspring.
Spotted on Aug 22, 2019
Submitted on Aug 22, 2019
12 Comments
Cool spotting!! Congratulations!!
Oh wow, this is a magnificent spotting! Thanks for sharing, and congratulations on your much-deserved SOTW.
Congrats and great spotting!
Thanks for the comments. This website has resparked my love of learning and fascination with our incredible planet.
Cool Reprobate. Thanks for sharing and congratulations on the SOTW.
A well deserved congats!! Very awsoe spotting!!!
Congratulations reprobate31,your Hairy Scorpion with babies, has been voted Project Noah’s Spotting of the Week,by the Ranger team!
A giant desert hairy scorpion, hadrurus arizonensis, along with her live young, has been voted Project Noah’s Spotting of the Week!
This spotting was beautifully photographed by new Project Noah user reprobate31 in the Nevada desert. The largest scorpion in North America, giant desert hairy scorpions give birth to live young, which will stay on their mother’s back for around a week after birth.
These scorpions are nocturnal and feed primarily on insects, spiders and other scorpions. Their large size means they will also occasionally hunt small vertebrates like lizards and snakes.
The range of this species in the United States includes western Arizona, the Mojave Desert and the Colorado Desert.
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Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
Great find - I probably would have jumped 10 feet back after lifting the board. :)
Super find. Mom has her work cut out there. I love the little black spots.
Great photo. Never saw anything like it. Glad it got posted.
I really, really want to nominate this for spotting of the week! Can you please fill in a bit more information about this spotting and add a link to further information?