Giant Vinegaroon
Mastigoproctus giganteus
The giant vinegaroon is a large whip scorpion of warm scrubland, grassland, and pine-oak habitats in the southern United States and Mexico. It spends daylight hours in burrows, under stones, or beneath rotting wood, then hunts at night with its long sensory front legs. Its diet includes insects, millipedes, worms, and other small ground animals held by strong spiny pedipalps. When threatened, it can spray a vinegar-smelling acetic acid mist from the base of its tail-like flagellum.
- Type
- Venom
- Conservation status
- NE