"use in the pharmaceutical industry are collected from the wild in Pakistan. Farmers in the Thatta District are paid about US$100 for each 40 gram scorpion and 60 gram specimens are reported to fetch at least US$50,000. The trade is reported to be illegal but thriving. Fried scorpion is a traditional dish from Shandong, China. Scorpion Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by the pair of grasping pedipalps and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger. Scorpions range"
"Scorpion Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by the pair of grasping pedipalps and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger. Scorpions range in size from 9 mm / 0.3 in. (""Typhlochactas mitchelli"") to 23 cm / 9 in. (""Heterometrus swammerdami""). The evolutionary history of scorpions goes back to the Silurian period 430 million years ago. They have adapted to a wide range of environmental conditions and can now be found on all continents except Antarctica. Scorpions number"
"1 metre deep) means that in captivity this scorpion is often happiest with higher humidity: sand that is deep will be moist, thereby creating a comparatively humid burrow. Scorpio maurus Scorpio maurus is a species of North African and Middle Eastern scorpion, also known as the large-clawed scorpion or Israeli gold scorpion. This is a small/medium-sized scorpion from the family Scorpionidae. It has brown back and golden claws. There are many sub-species of this scorpion, 19 of which were described by Fet et al. Although its venom contains a weak neurotoxin called maurotoxin, ""S. maurus"" is not a dangerous scorpion"
"Opistophthalmus Opistophthalmus is a genus of scorpions known commonly as burrowing scorpions, tri-colored scorpions, serkets, or hissing scorpions. They are found predominantly in southern Africa. They are known for making deep and elaborate burrows. ""Opistophthalmus"" scorpions are typically heavily built for scorpions, and have broad, powerful claws (chelae). They vary in color from yellow through brown to black usually with darker or lighter areas. The leg color is typically much lighter than the rest of the body. Sources disagree on how many species within the genus there are, but it is generally accepted that there are approximately 60: ""O. glabrifrons"","
"and relative rarity of their stings. Opistophthalmus Opistophthalmus is a genus of scorpions known commonly as burrowing scorpions, tri-colored scorpions, serkets, or hissing scorpions. They are found predominantly in southern Africa. They are known for making deep and elaborate burrows. ""Opistophthalmus"" scorpions are typically heavily built for scorpions, and have broad, powerful claws (chelae). They vary in color from yellow through brown to black usually with darker or lighter areas. The leg color is typically much lighter than the rest of the body. Sources disagree on how many species within the genus there are, but it is generally accepted that"
"or semi-arid areas as well as margins of desert areas, typically areas with sandy soil. They generally prefer warm and dry areas. The black fat-tailed scorpion belongs to the genus ""Androctonus"", which can be translated into ""man-killer"". The species name is ""bicolor"" which is translated into having two-colors, which could be referring to their brown-black coloration. Scorpions are under the class Arachnida, making them arachnids that have eight legs. Scorpions can eat many kinds of insects, spiders, lizards, small mammals (ex. mice) or even other scorpions. Scorpions are able to go months without consuming food. Prey is captured and crushed"
"long periods of time without food. Euscorpius flavicaudis Euscorpius flavicaudis, or the European yellow-tailed scorpion, is a small black scorpion with yellow-brown legs and tail (metasoma). Adults measure about long. It is a fossorial scorpion with relatively large, strong claws (pedipalps) and a short, thin tail. The native range of ""E. flavicaudis"" extends through Northwest Africa and Southern Europe, but it has also been accidentally introduced into the United Kingdom at Sheerness Dockyard on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. This is the northernmost scorpion population in the world. Warm temperate climate. The species can be found in built up areas."
"Palaeophonus Palaeophonus (meaning ""ancient killer"") is the oldest known genus of scorpion. This genus is known in the fossil record from the Silurian to the Carboniferous (age range: 428.2 to 314.6 million years ago). Fossils have been found in Europe, United States and Canada. ""Palaeophonus"" was virtually identical to modern scorpions. It grew to a lengths of . These animals did not have eyes and therefore they were blind. Until a few decades ago it was thought that ""Palaeophonus"", similarly to many other scorpions of the Silurian, was one of the earliest animals to have conquered the land. In fact,"
"Scorpio maurus Scorpio maurus is a species of North African and Middle Eastern scorpion, also known as the large-clawed scorpion or Israeli gold scorpion. This is a small/medium-sized scorpion from the family Scorpionidae. It has brown back and golden claws. There are many sub-species of this scorpion, 19 of which were described by Fet et al. Although its venom contains a weak neurotoxin called maurotoxin, ""S. maurus"" is not a dangerous scorpion for humans. There are no records of fatalities. Found in very deep burrows in deserts and occasionally sparse woodland. Its habit of creating very deep burrows (up to"
"of scorpions. In addition, there are 111 described taxa of extinct scorpions. This classification is based on that of Soleglad & Fet (2003), which replaced the older, unpublished classification of Stockwell. Additional taxonomic changes are from papers by Soleglad et al. (2005). The following classification covers extant taxa to the rank of family. Scorpions have been found in many fossil records, including marine Silurian and estuarine Devonian deposits, coal deposits from the Carboniferous Period and in amber. The oldest known scorpions lived around 430 million years ago in the Silurian period. Though once believed to have lived on the bottom"
"Nepa (insect) Nepa is a genus belonging to the family Nepidae, known as water scorpions. There are six species found in freshwater habitats in the Northern Hemisphere. They are oval-bodied, aquatic insects with raptorial front legs. Like other members of the Nepidae, they have a pair of nonretractable cerci-like breathing tubes on the terminal abdominal segment, a characteristic which readily distinguishes them from the Belostomatidae. Their primary staples are other insects and small aquatic vertebrates. They can inflict a painful bite when handled. '' is a classical Latin word for a 'scorpion' or 'crab'. The following species are included in"
"about 1750 described species, with 13 extant (living) families recognised to date. The taxonomy has undergone changes and is likely to change further, as genetic studies are bringing forth new information. All scorpions have a venomous sting, but the vast majority of the species do not represent a serious threat to humans and in most cases healthy adults do not need any medical treatment after being stung. Only about 25 species are known to have venom capable of killing a human. In some parts of the world with highly venomous species human fatalities regularly occur, primarily in areas with limited"
"Euscorpius flavicaudis Euscorpius flavicaudis, or the European yellow-tailed scorpion, is a small black scorpion with yellow-brown legs and tail (metasoma). Adults measure about long. It is a fossorial scorpion with relatively large, strong claws (pedipalps) and a short, thin tail. The native range of ""E. flavicaudis"" extends through Northwest Africa and Southern Europe, but it has also been accidentally introduced into the United Kingdom at Sheerness Dockyard on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. This is the northernmost scorpion population in the world. Warm temperate climate. The species can be found in built up areas. In the UK, the scorpion occupies"
"Euscorpius Euscorpius is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 17 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae - long included in the Chactidae - and the subfamily Euscorpiinae. The most common members belong to the ""E. carpathicus"" species complex, which makes up the subgenus ""Euscorpius"". This group is widespread from North Africa and Spain to temperate Eurasia from England and northern France through the Czech Republic to Russia. The species range in colour from yellow-brown to dark brown. Many are brown with yellow legs and stinger. The largest is ""E. italicus"" at"
"Solifugae Solifugae is an order of animals in the class Arachnida known variously as camel spiders, wind scorpions, sun spiders, or solifuges. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 153 genera. Despite the common names, they are neither true scorpions (order Scorpiones) nor true spiders (order Araneae). Much like a spider, the body of a solifugid has two tagmata: an opisthosoma (abdomen) behind the prosoma (that is, in effect, a combined head and thorax). At the front end, the prosoma bears two chelicerae that, in most species, are conspicuously large. The chelicerae serve as jaws and in"
"crickets. Scorpions will generally try to kill and eat anything which moves and is smaller than themselves. To simulate the desert environment, the enclosure used to keep the scorpion in must be kept at a temperature of between . Fattail scorpion Fattail scorpion or fat-tailed scorpion is the common name given to scorpions of the genus Androctonus, one of the most dangerous groups of scorpions species in the world. They are found throughout the semi-arid and arid regions of the Middle East and Africa. They are a moderate sized scorpion, attaining lengths of 10 cm (just under 4 in). Their"
"Pseudoscorpion A pseudoscorpion, also known as a false scorpion or book scorpion, is an arachnid belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida. Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans since they prey on clothes moth larvae, carpet beetle larvae, booklice, ants, mites, and small flies. They are tiny and inoffensive, and are rarely seen due to their small size, despite being common in many environments. Pseudoscorpions often carry out phoresy, a form of commensalism in which one organism uses another for the purpose of transport. Pseudoscorpions belong to the arachnida class. They are small arachnids with a"
"scorpions are not arachnids or ""arachnids"" are not monophyletic. Cladistic analyses have recovered ""Proscorpius"" within the scorpions, based on reinterpretation of the species' breathing apparatus. This is reflected also in the reinterpretation of ""Palaeoscorpius"" as a terrestrial animal. A phylogenetic analysis (the results presented in a cladogram below) conducted by James Lamsdell in 2013 on the relationships within the Xiphosura and the relations to other closely related groups (including the eurypterids, which were represented in the analysis by genera ""Eurypterus"", ""Parastylonurus"", ""Rhenopterus"" and ""Stoermeropterus"") concluded that the Xiphosura, as presently understood, was paraphyletic (a group sharing a last common ancestor"
"Palpigradi Palpigrades, commonly known as microwhip scorpions, are arachnids belonging to the order Palpigradi. Palpigrades belong to the arachnid class. They are the sister group to Thelyphonida, or whip scorpions, no more than in length, and averaging . They have a thin, pale, segmented integument, and a segmented abdomen that terminates in a whip-like flagellum. This is made up of 15 segment-like parts, or ""articles"", and may make up as much as half the animal's length. Each article of the flagellum bears bristles, giving the whole flagellum the appearance of a bottle brush. The carapace is divided into two plates"
"classified by paleontologists as scorpions, but described as wholly aquatic as they had gills rather than book lungs or tracheae. Their mouths are also completely under their heads and almost between the first pair of legs, as in the extinct eurypterids and living horseshoe crabs. This presents a difficult choice: classify ""Proscorpius"" and other aquatic fossils as something other than scorpions, despite the similarities; accept that ""scorpions"" are not monophyletic but consist of separate aquatic and terrestrial groups; or treat scorpions as more closely related to eurypterids and possibly horseshoe crabs than to spiders and other arachnids, so that either"
"Species include: Uroplectes Uroplectes is a genus of scorpions in the family Buthidae. They are known commonly as the lesser thick-tailed scorpions. There are about 40 species distributed in the Afrotropic ecozone. They are most diverse in South Africa. These scorpions are generally about 3 to 6 centimeters long, but a few are smaller, such as ""U. ansiedippenaarae"", which is less than 2 centimeters in length. They are variable in color from bright yellows to muted greens. They occur in many types of habitat from mountain forests to deserts. They live under rocks and in trees, and are sometimes seen"
"Southern grasshopper mouse The southern grasshopper mouse or scorpion mouse (""Onychomys torridus"") is a species of the order Rodentia, and is in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico and in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah in the United States. Notable for its resistance to venom, it routinely kills and eats Arizona bark scorpions, a species with a highly venomous sting. The southern grasshopper mouse is a robust, small, nocturnal species. They are usually known to be a monogamous species. They have a short tail, growing to a total length of . The head, back and sides"
"genus into several subgenera, but F. Kovařík (2004) synonymized these subgenera with the nominal genus. The content of this genus may vary, depending on the authority. At least 33 species are known, many of which are quite similar in appearance: Members of ""Heterometrus"" are generally large-sized scorpions (100–200 mm total length). Coloration is dark in most species, often uniformly brown or black, sometimes with a greenish shine; with brighter-colored telson, walking legs and/or pedipalp pincers in some species. The scorpions are heavily built with especially powerful and globose pedipalp pionkes, broad mesosomal tergites and a proportionally slender and thin metasoma."
"split, and continue to treat Schizomida as part of Uropygi. Phylogenetic studies show the three orders to be closely related, and the older order names may now be used as names for clades, as shown below. Whip scorpions range from in length, with most species having a body no longer than ; the largest species, of the genus ""Mastigoproctus"", reaching . Because of their legs, claws, and ""whip"", though, they can appear much larger, and the heaviest specimen weighed was 12.4 grams (0.44 oz). Like the related orders Schizomida and Amblypygi, the vinegaroons use only six legs for walking, with"
"total of 388 species, while () FishBase follows Eschmeyer and has three subfamilies, 25 genera, and 222 species. Scorpaenidae Scorpaenidae (also known as the scorpionfish) are a family of mostly marine fish that includes many of the world's most venomous species. As the name suggests, scorpionfish have a type of ""sting"" in the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus. The family is a large one, with hundreds of members. They are widespread in tropical and temperate seas, but mostly found in the Indo-Pacific. They should not be confused with the cabezones, of the genus ""Scorpaenichthys"", which belong to"
"Scorpaenidae Scorpaenidae (also known as the scorpionfish) are a family of mostly marine fish that includes many of the world's most venomous species. As the name suggests, scorpionfish have a type of ""sting"" in the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus. The family is a large one, with hundreds of members. They are widespread in tropical and temperate seas, but mostly found in the Indo-Pacific. They should not be confused with the cabezones, of the genus ""Scorpaenichthys"", which belong to a separate, though related, family, Cottidae. Some types, such as the lionfish, are attractive as well as dangerous,"
"Though they are not venomous, the powerful chelicerae of a large specimen may inflict a painful nip, but nothing medically significant. Camel Spider Feeding by Stefan F. Wirth Solifugae Solifugae is an order of animals in the class Arachnida known variously as camel spiders, wind scorpions, sun spiders, or solifuges. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 153 genera. Despite the common names, they are neither true scorpions (order Scorpiones) nor true spiders (order Araneae). Much like a spider, the body of a solifugid has two tagmata: an opisthosoma (abdomen) behind the prosoma (that is, in effect,"
"Uroplectes Uroplectes is a genus of scorpions in the family Buthidae. They are known commonly as the lesser thick-tailed scorpions. There are about 40 species distributed in the Afrotropic ecozone. They are most diverse in South Africa. These scorpions are generally about 3 to 6 centimeters long, but a few are smaller, such as ""U. ansiedippenaarae"", which is less than 2 centimeters in length. They are variable in color from bright yellows to muted greens. They occur in many types of habitat from mountain forests to deserts. They live under rocks and in trees, and are sometimes seen invading houses."
"although it is also known from Australasia, the Middle East, and South America Many species are held as pets. Species in this family are some of the less venomous scorpions. Only genus Hemiscorpius have a strong venom; especially that of ""Hemiscorpius lepturus"" can result in deadly accidents. Hemiscorpiidae Hemiscorpiidae is a family of scorpions with 72 described species in 12 genera. Their old name is Ischnuridae, which had to be changed due to a naming conflict with the damselfly family of the same name. They at one point also held the name Liochelidae. Most species have a very flat and"
"in Germany, but this has now been shown to be a misidentified fossil insect. Palpigradi Palpigrades, commonly known as microwhip scorpions, are arachnids belonging to the order Palpigradi. Palpigrades belong to the arachnid class. They are the sister group to Thelyphonida, or whip scorpions, no more than in length, and averaging . They have a thin, pale, segmented integument, and a segmented abdomen that terminates in a whip-like flagellum. This is made up of 15 segment-like parts, or ""articles"", and may make up as much as half the animal's length. Each article of the flagellum bears bristles, giving the whole"
"Measuring up to 7 cm (2.8 in), it is one of largest species of scorpion native to Australia. It has a red-yellow-brown carapace, with tergites, tail and pedipalps a darker red to red-black. Its underside and legs are brown-yellow. The male has a long tail, while the female has a short tail. The inland robust scorpion builds and resides in a spiral burrow in the sand. A field study near Broken Hill measured the burrows and found they all had the same basic structure: a sloping entrance chamber to a depth of 8–10 cm, followed by up to nine spiral"
"as valid may vary, depending on the authority. The genus is highly speciose, containing at least 70 species: Centruroides Centruroides is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. Several North American species are known by the common vernacular name bark scorpion. Numerous species are extensively found throughout the southern United States, Mexico, Central America, the Antilles and northern South America. Some are known for their interesting patterning or large size (among Buthidae); most if not all fluoresce strongly under ultraviolet illumination, except after moulting. They contain several highly venomous species, and fatalities are known to occur. The venom"
"Buthidae The Buthidae are the largest family of scorpions, containing about 80 genera and over 800 species as of mid-2008. Its members are known as, for example, fat-tailed scorpions and bark scorpions. A few very large genera (""Ananteris"", ""Centruroides"", ""Compsobuthus"", or ""Tityus"") are known, but a high number of species-poor or monotypic ones also exist. New taxa are being described at a rate of several to several dozen new species per year. They occur in the warmer parts of every major landmass on Earth, except on New Zealand. Together with the Microcharmidae, the Buthidae make up the superfamily Buthoidea. The"