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Small dark brown scorpion - Pseudouroctonus apacheanus - female
Copyright © 2002 Robyn Judith Waayers

Small dark brown scorpion - Pseudouroctonus apacheanus - Female
Bog Springs Campground, Madera Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
March 27, 2002
Size: about 30 mm
I found this little guy under a rock. Others of the same species were found under other rocks in the area. Area was dominated by oak and juniper woodland.
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Contributed by Robyn Judith Waayers on 9 February, 2005 - 4:28pm
Last updated 29 September, 2007 - 8:42pm

Pseudouroctonus apacheanus
Family Vaejovidae, Pseudouroctonus apacheanus (Gertsch & Soleglad, 1972).
Sex: Female.
Distribution: Mountains and canyons from near Del Rio, Texas to the Big Bend and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks, westward across SW New Mexico and northern Mexico to the Baboquivari Mountains in southern Arizona.

One of my favorites!

Kari J McWest, Canyon, Texas
… Kari J McWest, 11 October, 2005 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

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