Editing Arizona bark scorpion (section)

== Predators ==

Arizona bark scorpions are eaten by a wide variety of animals such as [[pallid bat]]s,<ref name="Hopp 2017">{{cite journal | last1 = Hopp | first1 = B. H. | last2 = Arvidson | first2 = R. S. | last3 = Adams | first3 = M. E. | last4 = Razak | first4 = K. A. | year = 2017 | title = Arizona bark scorpion venom resistance in the pallid bat, ''Antrozous pallidus'' | journal = PLOS ONE| volume = 12 | issue = 8| page = e0183215 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0183215| pmid = 28854259 | pmc = 5576675 | bibcode = 2017PLoSO..1283215H | doi-access = free }}</ref> [[bird]]s (especially [[owl]]s), [[reptile]]s, and other vertebrates. Some examples include [[spider]]s, [[snake]]s, [[peccary|peccaries]], [[rodent]]s, and other scorpions. Development, pesticides and collecting scorpions for research or the pet trade also reduces the bark scorpion population.

The painful and potentially deadly venom of Arizona bark scorpions has little effect on [[Grasshopper mouse|grasshopper mice]]. Scientists have found the scorpion toxin acts as an analgesic rather than a pain stimulant in grasshopper mice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utexas.edu/news/2013/10/24/grasshopper-mice-bark-scorpion/|title=Grasshopper Mice Are Numb to the Pain of the Bark Scorpion Sting|access-date=2013-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026024234/http://www.utexas.edu/news/2013/10/24/grasshopper-mice-bark-scorpion/|archive-date=2013-10-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>