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Centruroides exilicauda
Scorpion seen during a nighttime hike at the Blue Sky Ecological Reserve. Light from flash.
Southern California inland
Spotted on Jul 6, 2013
Submitted on Aug 22, 2013
5 Comments
I'll definitely set up a reminder! Thank you so much, Holly :)
Thx Cindy - the night hike is once a year that I know of, and you can sign up on the City of Poway website. It's actually led by a renowned entomologist who sets up blacklights on white sheets to attract insects of all varieties, which he then identifies. It's fantastic! Look for it around July. :)
I have yet to spot one and was surprised there are night hikes at Blue Sky. Are there regular night hikes scheduled there?
If you're in doubt of a species ID, you can always leave it at the genus level :)
I struggled to ID this one - I didn't think we had the classic Arizona bark scorpions but every pic I checked online looked like this guy! Until I ran across the "Baja California Bark," which apparently used to be lumped in with the Arizona Barks until they realized the California variety are apparently less toxic. Whew! ;)
Nice spotting. I didn't know C exilicauda was in north county. :)