Spider Bite & Scorpion Sting First Aid Course.
Spider Bite & Scorpion Sting First Aid Course.
The Common Lessor Thick-Tail Scorpion (Uroplectes carinatus), is a small scorpion with an average length between 25mm to 40mm in length. Overall coloration is variable though tout it’s range by generally orange-brown. Dark line on the middle of the tergites. the sting is lighter in colour. and no subaculeur tubercle.
The Giant Rock Scorpion (Hadogenes troglodytes), is the longest scorpion in Southern Africa attaining a length of 130mm to 150mm in length. Males have longer tails than females and attaining a length of 190mm. Found on rocky ridges and outcrops where stye shelter in cracks of rocks or where 2 rock form a narrow crack.
The Lowveld Creeping Scorpion (Opistacanthus leavipes) large scorpion with an average length of 90mm to 100mm. Legs and sting are a lighter colour than the body. Pincers are smooth in texture. Found in rocky areas where they shelter between 2 rocks or in a rock crack.
The Jones’s Lessor Creeping Scorpion (Chelectonus jonesii) is a medium sized scorpion, average 50mm to 60mm in length, attaining 70mm in some areas. Colouration rangers from overall black, to dark brown with slightly lighter legs. They construct a near vertical burrow up to 21cm in depth in hard soils.
Spiders are fascinating creatures that have captured the imagination of mankind for centuries. However, for many people, a spider in the house represents an animal that the world would be better without. A creature that should be killed on sight!
