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Striped Bark Scorpion

Centruroides vittatus

Description:

Found in my aunt's bathroom in New Mexico. It is a young one but it still stung. Ii has been verified as a Striped Bark Scorpion. Thank you Rich from http://azscorpion.com. (http://www.azscorpion.com/NM.html)

Habitat:

Under brush, logs, in buildings, the desert, etc. They especially show up when new construction of houses or buildings occur which disturbs their burrows in the ground.

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Roswell, New Mexico, USA

Spotted on Jun 19, 2018
Submitted on Jun 27, 2018

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