[CINC] Scorpions for Real!

[paul jr petrich]

Ahoy Insect People, 
 Here it is, from 2008 via Derek from Warren Savary of the California Academy of Sciences! Paul
Greetings, Hikers!
Derek sends the following information about the scorpion species found on Santa Cruz Island. This is the only information I have. 

Tim, 

Thanks again for your assistance with the permit for Santa Cruz Island. 
What a wonderful place! The endemic species, Pseudouroctonus minimus 
thompsoni (which I will likely recognize as a distinct species rather than 
as a subspecies of P. minimus) is there in great abundance, and it took 
very little time for us to collect the needed series...under the 
supervision of a group of curious Island Foxes, I might add. We didn't 
see any other scorpion species, and judging from the density of the P. m. 
thompsoni population, and its occurrence in most habitat types that we 
examined, I suspect it is the sole scorpion inhabitant of the area. I'll 
put together a report as soon as I have a chance. 

Meanwhile, I've attached an uncaptioned and a captioned image of P. m. 
thompsoni that you are welcome to use. The resolution is likely 
satisfactory for inclusion on a web page, and if you need higher 
resolution for prints, I can send a much larger file on a CD. 

Thanks again, 

Warren Savary 
Field Associate 
California Academy of Sciences 

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