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California Common Scorpion

Paruroctonus sylvestrii

Photo by swampmelissa
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33.1581, -117.351

Field Notes

Description:

Scorpion of some sort

Notes:

Found in carlsbad, ca ...I didn't know they were coastal

Species ID Suggestions

California Common Scorpion

Paruroctonus sylvestrii

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valgaavmiko
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Comments (1)
valgaavmiko
This ID was a littler harder because of all the mold and the pic is blurry. If it has a spine on the keel of the metasoma, it wouldn't be Paruroctonus but I don't think it has one from what I can see.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2013

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