Bug FAQTityus bahiensis
Tityus bahiensis · Order: Scorpiones · Family: Buthidae
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Tityus bahiensis is a South-American scorpion that often lives in farms and can grow to about 6 cm long. Its neurotoxic sting can cause severe pain, swelling, breathing problems and other serious symptoms.
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How to recognize it
The body is dark with reddish-brown tops, light legs with black spots, and a reddish telson; pincers and stinger tips are brown or black.
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Size
Adults usually reach about 6 cm in length.
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Does it bite or sting?
Its sting is medically important, causing severe pain, edema, sweating, lethargy, fast heart rate, lung and digestive issues, and blood-pressure changes; the LD50 is 0.5 mg/kg and the main toxin is Tb1.
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Where it lives
It is very common in agricultural areas.
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Life cycle
Mating can happen any time of year, but most often from November to April; gestation lasts 2 to 12 months and females give birth to 2 to 25 young.
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When you see it
Mating is most common between November and April.
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Where it comes from
It is endemic to South America.
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Lookalikes
It is often confused with T. serrulatus, but it is considered the second most toxic scorpion after that species.
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Questions people ask
What does its sting cause?
The sting can cause severe pain, swelling, breathing trouble and other serious symptoms.
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When does it mate?
Mating occurs any time of year but is most common from November to April.
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Same family (Buthidae)
Striped Bark ScorpionCentruroides vittatusCan sting
Arizona Bark ScorpionCentruroides sculpturatusVenomous
Slender Brown ScorpionCentruroides gracilisVenomous
Edward's Bark ScorpionCentruroides edwardsiiVenomous
Hentz Striped ScorpionCentruroides hentziCan sting
Common Yellow ScorpionButhus occitanusVenomousSources
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