Marbled Scorpion
Dorsal, compact
Marbled Scorpion
2 Pronged Stinger
| Marbled Scorpion Dorsal, compact | | Marbled Scorpion 2 Pronged Stinger | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida) | |||
| Order: | Scorpions (Scorpiones) | ||||
| Family: | Scorpion (Buthidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Marbled Scorpion (Lychas sp ES01) | ||||
| This Photo: | Profile | ||||
Thank you Dr Erich Volschenk for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere A small (body & head is around 10mm or so = ~10mm SVL) very pretty scorpion, but quite poisonous. The common name is very apt, being of marbled / scaloped patterns with various shades of brown. While marbled it is also quite striped; reminding us somewhat of a parquet floor (sharp edges with woodgrain). Aparantly the sting is very painful so watch out !-) They also fluoresce in UV light. We thought this was L. marmoreus, but Erich said "I think this might be one of the synonyms and not 'true' marmoreus. It's a bit on the pale side though which might indicate something in 'variatus group'? So lifted it to genus. We photographed one in Mar. | |||||
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