Scorpion | Description, Habitat, Species, Diet, & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月27日 · Scorpion, any of approximately 1,500 elongated arachnid species characterized by a segmented curved tail tipped with a venomous stinger at the rear of the …
Scorpion - Deserts, Nocturnal, Venomous | Britannica
2024年11月27日 · Scorpion - Deserts, Nocturnal, Venomous: Scorpions are largely nocturnal, and their habitat range from the intertidal zone to snow-covered mountains to caves. Most …
scorpion - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help
Scorpions are small animals with a curved tail that can deliver a poisonous sting. Of the 1,400 species, or kinds, of scorpion, about 25 can kill people with their poison. Most scorpions will …
scorpion - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help
Scorpions have been found at elevations from sea level to more than 16,000 feet (5,000 meters) in mountains of Europe and North and South America. A few species live as far north as …
Scorpion - Anatomy, Behavior, Venom | Britannica
2024年11月27日 · Scorpions perceive the world through visual, tactile, and chemical sense organs. Their eyes cannot form sharp images, but their central eyes are among the most …
Scorpions and their venoms | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
scorpion, Any of some 1,300 nocturnal arachnid species (order Scorpionida, subphylum Chelicerata) having a slender body, a segmented tail tipped with a venomous stinger, and six …
Arachnid | Definition, Facts, & Examples | Britannica
2024年11月21日 · Arachnid, any member of the arthropod group that includes spiders, daddy longlegs, scorpions, and mites and ticks, as well as lesser-known subgroups. Some arachnids …
Water scorpion | Aquatic, Predator, Nymph | Britannica
water scorpion, any of the approximately 150 species of aquatic invertebrates of the family Nepidae (order Hemiptera). The water scorpion resembles a land scorpion in certain ways: it …
Sunspider | Desert, Nocturnal, Solifugae | Britannica
2024年12月4日 · Sunspider, (order Solifugae), any of more than 1,000 species of the arthropod class Arachnida whose common name refers to their habitation of hot dry regions as well as to …
Scorpionfly | Predator, Nocturnal & Wings | Britannica
The scorpionfly is harmless to humans and serves a useful function in nature as a scavenger. Its name refers to the way in which the male holds its genitalia (a bulblike segment at the end of …