Bark Scorpion

Identification

• The Bark Scorpion is one of the smaller species of scorpions.
• The color may vary from light tan to a darker brown, depending upon the environment in which it lives.
• It is usually between one and one/half inches in length.
• It lives both outside in wood piles, palm trees, decorative bark and inside homes or any place dark and cool.
• The Bark Scorpion is a climber.  It can climb walls and walk across ceilings in your home.  It clings to the underside of pieces of bark or wood when you pick them up.
• The symptoms you experience are the best indicator other the bark scorpion sting.

Signs and Symptoms of a Sting

• Immediate local pain. No swelling.
• Hypersensitivity to touch at the site of the sting.
• Numbness and tingling -moving to parts of the body distant from the sting.
• Visual disturbances and/or uncoordinated eye movements.
• Difficulty swallowing and "swollen tongue" sensation with excessive drooling.
• Slurred speech.
• Young children may constantly rub there nose and face.  This may indicate facial numbness and tingling.
• Muscle twitching.
• Restlessness and irritability.
  Children may appear "hyperactive" with rapid uncontrolled body movements.

These symptoms usually occur in the first 2-3 hours. Children under 10 years are more likely to develop severe symptoms.

Not all of these signs and symptoms, listed in order of severity, will occur in every person stung.