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Name: Giant hairy Scorpion or Desert hairy Scorpion/ Hadrurus arizonensis What is it? : Arachnid - Two body sections - 4 pairs of legs -0 antennae -Found mostly on land The class of arthropod characteristics: Invertebrates Exoskeleton Segmented Bodies Jointed Appendages Open Circulatory system Reproduce Sexually How many legs does it have? : 8 (Including pincers) How many body segments does your arthropod have? : 2 body segments Where does it live? : Live in the deserts of California and Arizona and extreme southern Utah and Nevada What does it eat? : Eat smaller invertebrates and also occasionally feeds on other vertebrates such as baby lizards How does it eat? : When a suitable victim wanders by, the scorpion grabs the doomed creature with its pinchers and stings the prey. After the prey can’t move it tears the prey apart with pinchers and eats it.
How does it reproduce? : Scorpions engage in a dance where the male grasps the female’s pinchers and moves around attempting to find a suitable location to deposit his sperm. Once the sperm is deposited, the male will move the female over the spot, where she will receive the sperm. After mating, the male will attempt a quick retreat, but is often caught and eaten by the larger female. As with all scorpions, the Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion takes care of their young. Baby scorpions live on the mothers back for around a week before going out on their own. How does it move? : Has crawling legs with hairs on them to sense around the desert. Legs also suited to dig.
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