Some Quick Scorpion Info courtesy of www.azstarnet.com/special/critters
 

 

Introducing: Giant desert hairy scorpion, or Hadrurus arizonensis.
Why I’ll scare you: I am the largest scorpion in the United States, reaching up to 6 inches in length. I am usually a mix of brown, yellow and greenish in color, with brown hairs that stick up all over my body.
A comforting thought: I am the least common scorpion in Arizona, with a sting that is mild.
If you want me, I’ll be: Often burrowing as deep as 8 feet in the desert soil, usually close to a water source. I live in southern Utah and Nevada, southeastern California and Arizona, and northern Mexico.
Once you find me: I make myself look even larger by spreading my pincers and curling my body and tail in a threatening pose.
Big scorpion, big appetite: I eat soft-bodied insects, other scorpions and even small lizards.
I wasn’t always big: Females give birth to live young that ride on Mom’s back for about 20 days before going off on their own to become very big.