Editing Arizona bark scorpion (section)

== Habitat ==
The Arizona bark scorpion is [[Nocturnality|nocturnal]],<ref name=":0" /> and particularly well adapted to the desert: layers of wax on its exoskeleton make it resistant to water loss. Nevertheless, Arizona bark scorpions hide during the heat of the day, typically under rocks, wood piles, or tree bark. Arizona bark scorpions do burrow, and are commonly found in homes, requiring only 1/16 of an inch for entry.<ref name=scorpion-mangement>{{cite web | year =  2008 | url = http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74110.html | title = Scorpion Management Guidelines | access-date = June 18, 2008 }}</ref>

Arizona bark scorpions prefer [[riparian]] areas with [[mesquite]], [[Populus sect. Aegiros|cottonwood]], and [[sycamore]] groves, all of which have sufficient moisture and humidity to support insects and other prey species. The popularity of irrigated lawns, and other systems which increase environmental humidity in residential areas, has led to a massive increase in the number of these animals in some areas.

''Centruroides'' scorpions are unusual in that they are the only genus in the Southwest that can climb walls, trees, and other objects with a sufficiently rough surface. Arizona bark scorpions practice [[negative geotaxis]], preferring an upside down orientation, which often results in people being stung due to the scorpion being on the underside of an object.<ref name=naturalhistory>
{{cite book
  | author = Phillips S.
  | author2 = Comus P.
  | title = A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
  | publisher = Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
  | year = 2000
  | isbn = 978-0-520-21980-9
  | page = [https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof00ariz/page/292 292]
  | url = https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof00ariz/page/292
  }}
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The Arizona bark scorpion preys on small and medium-sized animals such as beetles, spiders, crickets, cockroaches, other insects and other scorpions.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/Bark%20Scorp.php|title=Bark Scorpion Fact Sheet|website=www.desertmuseum.org|access-date=2019-12-02}}</ref>

The range of the Arizona bark scorpion is from southern [[California]], southern [[Arizona]], southern [[Nevada]], extreme southwestern [[Utah]] and western [[New Mexico]]. They are also found in [[Baja California]], [[Sonora]] and [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]], [[Mexico]].<ref name=":1" />