The Habitat
Migration into homes often follow heavy summer rains. Bark scorpions have been caught inside on walls and behind pictures outside Las Vegas houses throughout most of the year they collected by palm trees, outer walls of buildings and concrete block walls. They have a tendency to climb and seek cover in cracks and crevices of houses and under tree bark. As adults, most scorpions are nocturnal and solitary, usually staying in the same territory throughout their lives. Many live in burrows they dig or claim and defend from other wildlife.
The scorpions can produce a painful sting, which most scorpions our not highly as poisonous as the bark scorpions. if stung, you may exhibit a variety of symptoms. Stings are usually immediately painful. The limb or area around the sting may exhibit numbness, weakness, and even paralysis. others symptoms are hyper activity, anxiety profuse salivation, dizziness, respiratory distress, and even convulsion. If a person has been stung by a bark scorpion a physician should be contacted immediately.
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