Precautions : Handling of Scorpions at Home

recautions

There is no specific way of handling scorpions, there are many ways to treat, huge possibility is to get stung by your scorpion pincer, you should be careful while selecting place of aquarium at home. There is a full chance of, hurting, losing and fatally injuring of your pet. Yes more important thing is to keep your pet safe, because hard handling can kill your pet within minutes, just use active mind while changing of bowl or aquarium.

Yes, scorpions are very active runner, they prefer to hide suddenly at dark places, if your scorpion is gone out of the box while no one is at home, there is huge possibility that you will not going able to find again. Scorpion move quickly. Through their sense of smell and sensing of vibration. They are very much difficult to find especially at home, because of furniture, sofa, pipes, cupboards, etc.

If you’re changing his box on table, and if he runs on table he won’t stop at the end of table there is full possibility that he will fall from table, and this can hurt badly and your scorpion can end up at dead because of internal injuries. So try to keep box at place where scorpion cannot run.

Stings

Do not afraid of your scorpion while catching. Only fewer the scorpion are dangerous to the human, only 24 scorpions are considered very dangerous for the human, and these venomous can kill human within hours.1500 scorpions  are being discovered by the researchers. Moreover, toxic venom varies animals to animal, however those scorpion who have large pincer consider being less venomous, and those who have small and sharp pincer considered very toxic and can give huge harm to humans.

Although you should careful about the sting of a scorpions, even if it’s not deadly but still it give different reaction to people. People who are allergic to things can get adverse reaction of venom; Children under three, the elderly, those with hypertension can react very badly or poorly to the venomous sting.

And most interesting fact is that scorpion firstly prefers to grab and crush the prey and in the last they sting the victim.

Level # 1 Venom Scorpions List

Level one scorpion are very common and people love to keep them at home, and level 1 scorpions are very good to keep because of many benefits, such as they are not deadly to humans. If you got stung there will be no symptoms.

Here is a list of all level 1 scorpions with pictures.

1.       Hadogenes paucidens

2.       Hadogenes troglodytes

3.       Heterometrus beccaloniae

4.       Heterometrus longimanus

5.       Heterometrus madraspatensis

6.       Heterometrus mysorensis

7.       Heterometrus spinifer

8.       Heterometrus swammerdami

9.       Heterometrus swammerdami

10.   Mastigoproctus giganteus

11.   pandinus cavimanus

12.   pandinus imperator

Pakistan: Running out of Scorpions & Tarantula

Pakistan: Running out of Scorpions & Tarantula

Some of the people in Pakistan started reporting on the shortage of scorpion, during on of the survey in Thata region guy name M said 12 months back in this area you will easily find scorpions any where even some time you can see them in your drive way, he said now picture is totally changed, now you will not find scorpion after hours of hunting now it’s up to your luck.

Sadly now if you look at the private auction sites you will see bundles of ads for black scorpions, and people are posting adds that they want scorpions of weighing 40-100grams at any cost. Higher the prices bid for scorpions and then more shortage of scorpions from the jungles,  according to our very reliable source hunters are hunting full nights in the search of scorpions and they don’t even leave small scorpions and while in the search of scorpions they also found some endangered lizards, frog, or tarantulas spiders. More over this hunting is actually destroying eco-system, some animals depend on this species they eat them because of hunting these animals other animals are also dying or migrating the areas. 

Level 3 venom scorpions list by Sunil jamil

Level 3 venom scorpions list by Sunil jamil

1. Centruroides bicolor

    Region/Orign 
Found in region of panamma and some areas of costa rica
Specifications:
These scorpions mostly found in the pacific coasttoward the north and east of pannama. and this speciy is is also know as a forest breed The population of this species seems to be located in the pacific coast towards the south of the Costa Rica, crossing the border Panama in this same direction. The scorpion is a forrest species, usually found among vegetation. Also observed on fallen trees, and hidden inside cracks and crevices in tree trunks etc. The scorpion is commonly reported from human buildings. The scorpion is distributed from sea level to 1.670 meters.
Venom:No available data, but the species is not mentioned in medical literature. Sting is probably very painful.

2. Centruroides gracilis

     

3. Centruroides margaritatus

4. Hottentotta hottenttota

5. Hottentotta jayakari

6. Hottentotta rugiscutis

7. Hottentotta rugiscutis

8. Lychas mucronatus

9. Mesobuthus eupeus

10.  Mesobuthus martensii (chinese armored tailed scorpion)

Level 2 venom scorpions list by sunil jamil

Level 2 venom scorpions

1. Hadrurus Arizonensis
   
   
2. Hadrurus Spadix
   
   
3. Hoffmannius spinigerus (devil scorpion)
   
   
4. Isometrus Maculatus
   
   
5. Liocheles Australasiae
   
   
6. Urodacus elongatus(desert scorpion)
   

   

   
   

   

   
   

   

   
   

   

   
   

   

   
   

   

Scorpion Hunting is now more like a Treasure Hunting( procedure for hunting)

Equipment’s Needed for Scorpion Hunting:

1)      Ultra Violet (UV) Torches.

2)      Tongs.

3)      Plastic Storage Boxes (Medium Size Box with Small Holes).

4)      Backpacks.

5)      Head Lamp and Torches.

6)      Digital Camera.

7)      Gadgets.

8)      Battery Chargers and Batteries.

9)      Miscellaneous Items.

10)  Vehicle.

·         Closest Spots for Scorpion Hunting:

1.      Taxila

2.      Islamabad

·         What to Hunt?

1)      Black Scorpion.

2)      Death Stalker Scorpion.