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Slender Brown Scorpion

Centruroides gracilis

Photo by Felix Fleck
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

About 5cm body length, excluding the metasoma. Dark grey/black colouration with lighter (brown) legs. Member of Bark Scorpions, with one of the more mild venoms of the genus.

Habitat:

Found on tree trunk at night, during rainy season at about 750 m.a.s.l.

Reference Links:

Centruroides gracilis - Wikipedia

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Comments (2)
Neil Ross
Cool spotting. Looks rather formidable!

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PublishedAugust 3, 2020

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