SCORPION ID

[ArachnoDrew]

Found in Barstow CA. Hadrurus? Paruroctanus ?

 

[ArachnoDrew]

@Smokehound714

 

[Smokehound714]

H arizonensis

 

[ArachnoDrew]

Really? Dang i was leaning furthest away from that option

 

[RTTB]

Surest way to distinguish it from S mesaensis is look at the prominent "hairs" on the tail. The claws probably threw you off as they can be more bulbous sometimes. I had to look twice.Cool find.

 

[darkness975]

Agreed. H. arizonensis

 

[journeys and scorpions]

Hadrurus sp. --> i thought arizonensis are more dark on mesosoma!?

 

[Smokehound714]

Hadrurus sp. --> i thought arizonensis are more dark on mesosoma!?

this is a juvenile arizonensis.

the intraocular crescent is how you ID them, not their overall color. they are polymorphic, with dark individuals and very pallid individuals.

 

[Stugy]

this is a juvenile arizonensis.

the intraocular crescent is how you ID them, not their overall color. they are polymorphic, with dark individuals and very pallid individuals.

That's cool. I never knew H.arizonensis was polymorphic. Since I hadn't searched it up yet, what is the intraocular crescent?

 

[Jason Brantley]

That's cool. I never knew H.arizonensis was polymorphic. Since I hadn't searched it up yet, what is the intraocular crescent?

Forehead.

 

[Smokehound714]

the intraocular crescent is the light part on the 'nose', which is diagnostic in identifying hadrurus species.

Hadrurus identification key

• Smokehound714
• Jul 16, 2017
• 1

drew this a while back

 

[ArachnoDrew]

the intraocular crescent is the light part on the 'nose', which is diagnostic in identifying hadrurus species.

Hadrurus identification key

• Smokehound714
• Jul 16, 2017
• 1

drew this a while back

@Smokehound714 my brotha i need your expertise here again hadrurus hirsutus?

 

[Smokehound714]

@Smokehound714 my brotha i need your expertise here again View attachment 246287 hadrurus hirsutus?

Nope, arizonensis.

H hirsutus is endemic to baja california, has honey-orange pedipalps, bright electric yellow limbs, and a darkened fifth metasomal segment.