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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Scorpions (Scorpiones) » Vaejovidae » Forest Scorpions (Uroctonus) » California Forest Scorpion (Uroctonus mordax)
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Scorpion - which? - Uroctonus mordax
Copyright © 2010 Tamia Marg Anderson

Scorpion - which? - Uroctonus mordax
Oakland (Claremont Canyon area), Alameda County, California, USA
July 3, 2010

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Contributed by Kay Loughman on 5 July, 2010 - 6:29pm
Last updated 8 August, 2010 - 2:33pm

Moved
Moved from California Forest Scorpion.
… Kari J McWest, 8 August, 2010 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 July, 2010 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

Uroctonus mordax
Kay,
I believe this a California Forest Scorpion....Uroctonus mordax....but I am more than willing to be corrected by the experts....I was once told that the shinier the back, like this one means it is a female.
… michael marchiano, 5 July, 2010 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Uroctonus mordax
Thanks Michael - I saw that there were others in bugguide identified as Uroctonus mordax - but I don't know anything about scorpions, so worried about whether "forest" is necessary for the habitat. This was not in a forest, although there are eucalyptus trees nearby.
… Kay Loughman, 5 July, 2010 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, U. mordax
They are very common in a wide variety of habitats.
… Natalie McNear, 6 July, 2010 - 1:54am login or register to post comments

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