Wood Scorpion
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Two-toned Thicktail Scorpion
Profile, Tail Up
| Wood Scorpion Back | | Two-toned Thicktail Scorpion Profile, Tail Up | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida) | |||
| Order: | Scorpions (Scorpiones) | ||||
| Family: | Scorpion (Buthidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Two-toned Thicktail Scorpion (Lychas jonesae) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Dorsal🔎 | ||||
Thank you Ethan Yeoman for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~8mm long (SVL), ie not includign the tail. This was a very non-agressive scorpion, keeping it's tail down most of the time to try and hide and become inconspicuous. Notice the 2-pronged spine, which differentiates scorpion groups. Thanks to Mark Hura, this 2-pronged spine is called a "subaculear spine". One specimen found in March. | |||||
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