{"id":147,"date":"2010-04-10T06:43:03","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T13:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thaibugs.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2010-04-10T06:43:03","modified_gmt":"2010-04-10T13:43:03","slug":"scorpions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/?page_id=147","title":{"rendered":"Facts about scorpions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/69.93.146.30\/~thaibugs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/scorpion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-384\" title=\"scorpion\" src=\"http:\/\/thaibugs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/scorpion-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/scorpion-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/scorpion-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/scorpion.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a>Scorpion facts<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scorpions kill over a thousand people a year in Mexico.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>There are over  1500 species of scorpion but only 25 can kill people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Some scorpions  can live a year without food or water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Most scorpions are loners because of their cannibalistic tendencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>After mating, the smaller scorpion, normally the male, is often in danger of being eaten.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The male and female find each other through pheromones, using their pectines.  The male usually makes the first move, although some females do so. He usually  has a complex courtship display to ensure the female knows he is one of her kind  and not lunch. Some males &#8220;judder&#8221; (rapid rocking, shaking movements) to  advertise his species (Vejovoides, Nebo). Some sting the female, possibly with  pheromones, sedatives or other species identificators. Others club the female  with their tails. Some males (Hadogenes) have ridiculously longer tails than  females, suggesting that the length is important more for mating than hunting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Despite having six to twelve eyes &#8211; an obvious pair at the centre of the  carapace and two to five smaller eyes on each side &#8211; scorpions do not have good  eyesight. However, they can readily distinguish light from dark and appear to  have excellent low light sensitivity, which helps them to both avoid harsh  sunlight and to navigate by starlight or moonlight. They sense their way around  using sensory hairs and slit organs on the legs, pedipalps and body that pick up  vibrations and scents (mechanoreceptors and chemoreceptors). They also have  special organs on the underside of the body called pectines, which pick up  ground textures and scents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Scorpions also fluoresce under ultraviolet light, which is a good way for  scientists to find them in the field. The fluorescence is thought to serve as an  ultraviolet sensitivity mechanism, perhaps allowing the scorpion to avoid  damaging light levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The fluorescence is caused by an unidentified substance in a very thin layer in  the cuticle of the scorpion called the hyaline layer. Newly molted scorpions do  not fluoresce. As the new cuticle hardens, the fluorescent quality increases.  This indicates that the fluorescent factor is either secreted by the scorpion  shortly after molting or that the fluorescence is a by-product of the tanning  process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The hyaline layer of the cuticle is very tough stuff. It is often found in  scorpion fossils. Even after hundreds of millions of years, while all the other  layers of the cuticle have been lost, this hyaline layer remains embedded in  fossil rocks. And yes, it still fluoresces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The female gives birth to live young. She carries the pale young scorpions on her back for  the first few days or weeks, until they are strong enough to become independent.  The young then disperse to find food and shelter. Scorpions take a long time to  reach maturity, moulting frequently (up to five or six times over two to six  years) in order to grow, and may live for two to ten years. Some have been  recorded as living up to 25 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amonline.net.au\/factsheets\/scorpions.htm\" target=\"_blank\">read more here <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elton.iinet.net.au\/page61.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scorpion facts Scorpions kill over a thousand people a year in Mexico. There are over 1500 species of scorpion but only 25 can kill people. Some scorpions can live a year without food or water. Most scorpions are loners because of their cannibalistic tendencies. After mating, the smaller scorpion, normally the male, is often in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":39,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}