Summary: From the Northern reaches of the Llano Estacado in Eastern New Mexico to the Big Bend Borderlands of Texas, this is Nature Notes. A Chihuahuan desert arthropod that looks ferociously dangerous is the big, black, whip scorpion, or vinegaroon. Normally they’re found in rocky country, only after significant rain events. From Marfa Public Radio, in cooperation with the Sibley Nature Center in Midland, Texas, this is Nature Notes. Hello, I’m Dallas Baxter. In most towns in West Texas tan wind scorpions, or solifugids, with pincers on their face and long front legs that run very fast are often mistakenly called vinegaroons. Solifugids are great house guests, eliminating brown ...
