(striped tail scorpion, devil's scorpion)
Habitat: Arizona Upland Desert and widespread
Food Habits: insectivorous
Active Period: nocturnal
Size: medium
Number of Legs: 8
Leg Characteristics: legs attached to cephalothorax
the most common scorpion in Arizona
sting painful but not dangerous

Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Chelicerata
Class Arachnida
Order Scorpiones
Family Vaejovidae
Genus Vaejovis
species spinigerus