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Giant Sand Scorpion (Smeringurus mesaensis)

The giant sand scorpion or dune scorpion (Smeringurus mesaensis) in a common arachnid found in the deserts of southern California, Arizona, and Mexico. This species is fossorial, spending the vast majority of its life in burrows, and generally only emerging at night to mate and hunt for prey. As with all scorpions, this species will fluoresce under ultraviolet or black light.


Giant sand scorpion (Smeringurus mesaensis) fluorescing under UV light. Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, USA.
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Giant sand scorpion (Smeringurus mesaensis) with prey. Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, USA.
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Giant sand scorpion (Smeringurus mesaensis) with prey. Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, USA.
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Giant sand scorpion (Smeringurus mesaensis) with prey. Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, USA.
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Giant sand scorpion (Smeringurus mesaensis) with prey. Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, USA.
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Giant sand scorpion (Smeringurus mesaensis), overhead view. Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, USA.
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