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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Scorpions (Scorpiones) » Superstitioniidae » Superstitionia » Superstition Mountains Scorpion (Superstitionia donensis)
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Scorpion in LA County, CA - Superstitionia donensis
Copyright © 2008 aren21

Scorpion in LA County, CA - Superstitionia donensis
La Crescenta, Los Angeles County, California, USA
September 18, 2008
Size: 1 inch
found it on the kitchen floor, by the door. Is it a deadly species?
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Contributed by aren21 on 19 September, 2008 - 12:23am
Last updated 25 October, 2008 - 6:36pm

Moved
Moved from Scorpions.
… Kari J McWest, 25 October, 2008 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

Superstitionia donensis
This little critter is Superstitionia donensis (Family Superstitioniidae). It has a wide distribution, from SW New Mexico in the Peloncillo Mountains, west into Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, Baja California, and NW to southern Nevada and in California as far north as (so far) Panoche near Fresno.
Great find and locality! Do you still have it?
… Kari J McWest, 25 October, 2008 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

I cropped and adjusted your image...
Welcome to BugGuide!

I cropped and adjusted the levels of your image to make the scorpion display larger and lighter...

Hope you get an answer quick!

Please keep posting :)
… Ron M., 19 September, 2008 - 12:34am login or register to post comments

 
Not a "deadly" species. We ha
Not a "deadly" species. We have none native to California that can be considered a "deadly, however there are a couple of pockets where Centruroides is introduced however this is not that genus. Dont know my scorpions well enough to tell you more though.
… Gordon C. Snelling, 19 September, 2008 - 6:16am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the reply, thats g
Thanks for the reply, thats good news. I know most scorpions aren't deadly...and thats about all I know about scorpions. Thanks again!
… aren21, 19 September, 2008 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

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