A woman retrieving her luggage from customs’ baggage claim at Boston’s Logan International Airport over the weekend was stung by a scorpion.

The unnamed 40-year-old victim got stung by the arachnid at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, the Massachusetts State Police told The Boston Globe. She was subsequently taken to a hospital.

The woman had landed on a flight from a Mexican airport, Boston EMS told WCVB-TV.

Scorpions are normally nocturnal and within the U.S. are found in the South and Southwest, including areas adjacent to Mexico.

The stings of most scorpion species are not life-threatening.

Scorpion sting symptoms — burning sensations, convulsions, muscle twitching, roving eyes, staggering gait, abdominal cramps and pain, drooling, slurred speech and the feeling that one’s tongue is thick — last about 48 hours, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Experts said the Boston incident isn’t typical, given that scorpions normally don’t go after people.

“It’s conceivable that the scorpion could have somehow got entangled in some luggage, unintentionally, and got transported,” University of Massachusetts Lowell associate professor Jessica Garb told New Hampshire’s WBTS, adding that the situation was “very unusual; I have never heard of this happening.”

• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.