• Key Information

  • Scorpions

  • Species
    More than 2,500
  • Classification
    Arthropoda > Arachnida > Scorpiones
  • Conservation Status
    Various
  • Length
    0.33 to 9.1 in
  • Weight
    Up to 2 oz
  • Habitat
    Mainly deserts
  • Learning Point
  • Scoropions are a form of arthropod and are known for their strong claws and their venemous stinging tail. Scorpions range a lot in size, and live everywhere except Antarctica. They prefer desert conditions, and are not often found in forests and woodlands.
  • Project
  • Draw a type of scorpion.
  • Location
  • Places
    Everywhere, except Antarctica
  • Fun Facts
  • The vast majority of species do not seriously threaten humans, and healthy adults usually do not need medical treatment after a sting.
  • Scorpions may be attacked by other arthropods like ants, spiders, solifugids and centipedes.
  • A few scorpions squirt venom in a narrow jet as far as 3.3 ft to warn off potential predators, possibly injuring them in the eyes.
  • The body of a scorpion is divided into two parts or tagmata: the cephalothorax or prosoma, and the abdomen or opisthosoma.
  • Scorpions are eaten by people in West Africa, Myanmar and East Asia. Fried scorpion is traditionally eaten in Shandong, China.
  • Scorpions range in size from the 0.33 in Typhlochactas mitchelli, to the 9.1 in Heterometrus swammerdami.