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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Scorpions (Scorpiones) » Buthidae » Bark Scorpions (Centruroides) » Hentz Striped Scorpion (Centruroides hentzi)
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beach scorpion - Centruroides hentzi
Copyright © 2011 John Pearson

beach scorpion - Centruroides hentzi
Jewell Key, Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park, Everglades City, Collier County, Florida, USA
January 20, 2011
Size: ~35 mm
Emerged from firewood gathered from dead mangroves on sandy beach of small island bordering Gulf of Mexico.
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Contributed by John Pearson on 23 January, 2011 - 2:47pm
Last updated 31 January, 2011 - 10:50pm

hentzi or guanensis
This is in the area where Centruroides hentzi and C. guanensis overlap their distributions. It is impossible to tell which it is by a photograph, but we'll keep it here for now. =)
… Kari J McWest, 9 April, 2017 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scorpions with note of "probable" ID.
… John Pearson, 31 January, 2011 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

Centruroides, probaly hentzi.
Centruroides, probaly hentzi. This species is pictured on bugguide under that name
… Ian Stocks, 24 January, 2011 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

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