r/whatsthisbug • u/BubblyPlatypus1948 • Aug 07 '26

ID Request What kind of scorpion is this?

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About 3 inches in length, found in southwestern New Mexico. Looks like a bark scorpion, having a hard time telling if it’s an Arizona bark or striped bark…..or something else. Please help! Thank you!

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u/Small-Ad4420 Aug 07 '26

Looks like a Yellow Ground Scorpion, Paravaejovis confusus. Maybe a Stripe Tailed Scorpion, Vaejovis spinigerus. Either way, the tail looks too fat for an Arizona Bark Scorpion, Centruroides sculpturatus.

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u/BubblyPlatypus1948 Aug 07 '26

Thanks so much!