Record #:

9205

Author(s):

Shelley, Rowland M.

Abstract:

Scorpions are among the world's most easily recognized creatures through their renowned stinging apparatus. In this country they are most abundant in the Gulf states and southwest. The only species native to North Carolina is Vejovis carolinianus. It is universally dark brown, as opposed to the Florida species which are striped.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 39 Issue 2, Feb 1975, p8-9, il, bibl

Subject(s):

Scorpions