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title: "Black Hairy Scorpion"
description: "Hadrurus spadix — Insekten & Spinnen. Hadrurus spadix is a large (around 15 centimetres (5.9 inches)) scorpion native to the southern deserts of North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/black-hairy-scorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black Hairy Scorpion

> Hadrurus spadix — Insekten & Spinnen. Hadrurus spadix is a large (around 15 centimetres (5.9 inches)) scorpion native to the southern deserts of  North America.

- Scientific name: *Hadrurus spadix*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `desert` (Wüste)
- iNaturalist observations: 632
- Wikidata: [Q3125643](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3125643)
- iNaturalist taxon: [123069](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123069)

## Names

- en: Black Hairy Scorpion

## Countries with the most observations

US (613)

## Summary

Hadrurus spadix is a large (around 15 centimetres (5.9 inches)) scorpion native to the southern deserts of  North America. It is a burrowing scorpion which spends much of its time digging in the sand and enlarging its burrow. A similar species is the giant desert hairy scorpion.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrurus_spadix

## Photo

![Black Hairy Scorpion](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-hairy-scorpion/medium.jpg)

Photo: Elin Pierce · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52374664

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-hairy-scorpion?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).