Did You Know?

• The desert hairy scorpion is the largest species of scorpion found in North America. Here they live in the south-west of the United States.
  
• While desert hairy scorpions are venomous, their venom is not strong enough to be fatal to a human
• Adult scorpions have fluorescent chemicals in their hyaline layer, part of the cuticle in their exoskeleton, that cause them to glow under ultraviolet light.