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Beetles & arachnids
Scorpion
Scorpion · Scorpiones
Scorpions fascinate with their pincers, the curved venomous sting and their nocturnal activity under UV light.
Fact file
- Size
- Body length from 2 to 20 centimetres, usually a compact body with raised tail
- Males and females
- Males often smaller and with longer pincers than females
- Sounds
- Scorpions do not make any audible sounds
- Diet
- Hunt insects, arachnids and small vertebrates
- Offspring
- Several young, born live, carried on the mother’s back at first
How to identify Scorpion
You can recognise scorpions by their distinctive, segmented body with strong pincers at the front and a curved tail ending in a venomous sting. Their colouration ranges from pale yellow to deep black. Some species even show a fluorescent appearance under UV light.
Reaching lengths of between two and twenty centimetres, scorpions usually move close to the ground and look rather compact. Particularly striking is the tail, which is raised high upwards. They are sometimes confused with centipedes, but centipedes have neither pincers nor a venomous sting.
More in the app
With Wildful Stories+ you also get in the app:
- general viewing tips
- 4 places where you can see Scorpion
Where Scorpion live
Namibia
- Kwando Core Area
- Brandberg
- Buffalo Core Area
- Bwabwata Nationalpark
- Dolomite & Olifantsrus
- Erongo Gebirge
- Fish River Canyon
- Halali
- Hoanib
- Kalahari
- Kaokoland
- Lüderitz
- Mahango Core Area
- Mudumu Nationalpark
- Namib-Naukluft Nationalpark
- NamibRand Nature Reserve
- Namutoni
- Nkasa Rupara National Park
- Okaukuejo
- Palmwag
- Rundu
- Skelettküste
- Sossusvlei
- Spitzkoppe
- Swakopmund
- Twyfelfontein
- Walvis Bay
- Waterberg Plateau
- Windhoek
South Africa
Botswana
Costa Rica
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