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Unknown Scorpion - Uroctonus mordax
Copyright © 2008 cahermit

Unknown Scorpion - Uroctonus mordax
Outside Tuolumne City, Tuolumne County, California, USA
January 19, 2008
Size: Approximately 1 inch
Specimen appeared to have a blue/greenish hue that did not appear on the photos. I found it underneath a rock on the N face of a Hill in the morning. It stayed quite still and didn't respond to me 'testing' it with a stick. I left it to be and it was gone a couple of hours later... Location of picture is 37.55.29N, 120.11.09W... :)
Contributed by cahermit on 22 January, 2008 - 12:39am
Last updated 22 February, 2008 - 3:04pm

hard to see in pic
check out Uroctonus mordax http://bugguide.net/node/view/114443/bgimage
… Mike "troll" Dame, 22 January, 2008 - 4:07pm

 
That was my assumption...
I searched around a bit and thought that it looked to be closest to that specimen.
… cahermit, 22 January, 2008 - 8:14pm

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