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Scorpion - Paruroctonus silvestrii

Scorpion - Paruroctonus silvestrii
Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA
August 1, 2009
Size: approx. 1.5 in

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Where in Altadena
did you find this scorpion? This would be good information to have.

 
I can be much more precise...
Hi Hartmut,

Apparently we were right here. We found it on the Sam Merrill trail that leads up to Echo Mountain. I saved my GPS track and geotagged the photo afterwards.

 
Thanks, Aaron -
I suspect it is one of the Vaejovidae, though I'm just beginning to learn about scorpions after photographing my first & rearing a couple of the offspring (Uroctonus mordax).
Kari McWest will be able to help with ID.
Update (09/22/2009): We have three live scorpions at Eaton Canyon Nature Center, identified as Paruroctonus silvestrii, and all from Altadena. This seems to be the common scorpion around here, though I don't know whether this is the same sp. you saw. I'll post a couple of photos.

 
Paruroctonus silvestrii
Thanks, Hartmut! And you got it, it is indeed Paruroctonus silvestrii.

 
Thanks, Kari!
I have yet to post the photos I took of our live specimens at Eaton Canyon, though will try to take better ones first.

 
Great!
Thank you both! I've given you credit for the identification here.

 
Next time...
Next time you go to the mountains, check out the canyons, especially cool, tree-filled, with lots of rocks. You should find Pseudouroctonus spp. Also there should be Serradigitus gertschi and Vaejovis puritanus. There is also a report of Uroctonus mordax and Serradigitus wupatkiensis (probably not that species).

Thanks!!!

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