Scorpion Photographs
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BUTHIDAE:
- Androctonus
amoreuxi (Audoin & Savigny, 1812). Captive female from
Israel. Photo by R. David Gaban.
- Androctonus
australis (Linnaeus, 1758). Captive female from Israel.
Photo by R. David Gaban.
- Androctonus
bicolor Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829. Captive specimen.
Photo by R. David Gaban.
- Centruroides
exilicauda (Wood, 1863). Male from Arizona.
- Centruroides
exilicauda (Wood, 1863). Female with first instar young.
- Centruroides
gracilis (Latreille, 1804). Female, from Belize.
- Centruroides
gracilis (Latreille, 1804). Male and female with first instar
young, mating.
- Centruroides
guanensis Franganillo, 1931. Male from the Florida Keys.
- Centruroides
hentzi (Banks, 1900). Female from Gainesville, Florida.
- Centruroides
limbatus (Pocock, 1898). Female from Honduras.
- Centruroides
margaritatus (Gervais, 1841). Typical form from Tiger Island,
Honduras.
- Centruroides
vittatus (Say, 1821). Female and young from Brackettville,
Texas.
- Centruroides
vittatus (Say, 1821). Female from Brackettville, Texas,
- Hottentotta
trilineatus (Peters, 1861). Captive male from Tanzania.
Photo by R. David Gaban.
- Hottentotta
trilineatus (Peters, 1861). Captive female from Tanzania.
Photo by R. David Gaban.
- Hottentotta
trilineatus (Peters, 1861). Captive female with young from
Tanzania. Photo by R. David Gaban.
- Parabuthus
transvaalicus Purcell, 1899. Captive female from South Africa.
Photo by R. David Gaban.
- Parabuthus
transvaalicus Purcell, 1899. Gravid female from Africa.
- Parabuthus
transvaalicus Purcell, 1899. Female from Africa. Notice
the technique for holding the stinger.
- Uroplectes
planimanus (Karsch, 1879). Female and young from near Vaalwater,
Waterberg district, South Africa. Photo by Jonathan Leeming.
DIPLOCENTRIDAE:
IURIDAE:
- Anuroctonus
phaiodactylus (Wood, 1863). Female from southern California.
- Anuroctonus
phaiodactylus (Wood, 1863). Male from San Diego, California.
- Hadrurus
arizonensis arizonensis Ewing, 1928. From central Arizona.
- Hadrurus
arizonensis arizonensis Ewing, 1928. From central Arizona
(vertical orientation).
- Hadrurus
arizonensis pallidus Williams, 1968. Female from southern
California.
- Hadrurus
aztecus Pocock, 1902. Female from the Tehuacan Valley, Mexico.
- Hadrurus
concolorous Stahnke, 1969. Juvenile from Baja California,
Mexico.
- Hadrurus
obscurus Williams, 1970. Juvenile from 29 Palms, California.
Photo by R. David Gaban.
- Hadrurus
spadix Stahnke, 1940. Female from California eating cricket.
Photo by R. David Gaban.
ISCHNURIDAE:
SCORPIONIDAE:
- Heterometrus
spinifer Hemprich &Ehrenberg, 1828. From a local pet
store.
- Opistophthalmus sp.
Photo by Ian Knutsen.
- Opistophthalmus
ecristatus Pocock, 1899. Captive female (South Africa).
Photo by R. David Gaban.
- Opistophthalmus
glabrifrons Peters, 1861. Captive male (South Africa?).
Photo by R. David Gaban.
- Opistophthalmus
glabrifrons Peters, 1861. Captive female (South Africa?).
Photo by R. David Gaban.
- Pandinus
cavimanus (Pocock, 1888). Captive male (east Africa). Photo
by R. David Gaban.
- Pandinus
cavimanus (Pocock, 1888). Captive female (east Africa).
Photo by R. David Gaban.
- Pandinus
imperator Koch, 1842. Captive female with young.
- Pandinus
imperator Koch, 1842. Captive male and female in my hand.
- Pandinus
imperator Koch, 1842. A pet emperor and my (then) 1 year-old
son.
- Pandinus
viatoris (Pocock, 1890). Captive male (east Africa). Photo
by R. David Gaban.
- Scorpio
maurus Linneaus, 1758. A pet scorpion. Photo by Steve Rayboy.
- Scorpio
maurus Linneaus, 1758. Same pet scorpion, different angle.
Photo by Steve Rayboy.
SUPERSTITIONIDAE:
VAEJOVIDAE:
- Pseudouroctonus
andreas (Gertsch & Soleglad, 1972). From San Diego,
California.
- Pseudouroctonus
apacheanus (Gertsch &
Soleglad, 1972). Male and female from Santa Cruz Mountains, Arizona.
- Pseudouroctonus
glimmei Hjelle, 1972). Juvenile from Stanislaus County,
California.
- Pseudouroctonus
iviei (Gertsch & Soleglad, 1972). Male, Napa County,
California.
- Pseudouroctonus
reddelli (Gertsch & Soleglad, 1972). Female, Bandera
County, Texas.
- Smeringurus
mesaensis (Stahnke, 1957). Female, Southern Califonria.
- Uroctonites
huachuca (Gertsch & Soleglad, 1972). Male, southern
Arizona.
- Uroctonus
mordax Thorell, 1876. Female, Los Gatos Hills, California.
Photo by R. David Gaban.
- Vaejovis
carolinianus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805). London, Kentucky.
Photo by William Zierath.
- Vaejovis
cazieri Williams, 1968. Male, Brackettville, Texas.
- Vaejovis
coahuilae Williams, 1968. Male, Texas. Photo by Robert & Linda
Mitchell.
- Vaejovis
globosus Borelli, 1915. Male, Brewster County, Texas.
- Vaejovis
russelli Williams, 1968. Male, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
- Vaejovis
spinigerus (Wood, 1863). Female, Arizona.
- Vaejovis
spinigerus (Wood, 1863). Female with young. Photo by R.
David Gaban.
- Vaejovis
vorhiesi Stahnke, 1940. From Arizona.
- Vaejovis
waueri Gertsch & Soleglad, 1972. Female, Kinney County,
Texas.
- Vejovoidus
longiunguis (Williams, 1969). Female, Baja California Sur,
Mexico.
VINEGAROONS
TAILLESS WHIPSCORPIONS
SUN SPIDERS
- a.k.a. Camel Spiders, Wind Scorpions, Solpugids
- Unidentified
sun spider from a game farm called Suikerbosplaat, Vaalwater,
Waterberg district, Northern Transvaal, South Africa. Photo by Jonathan
Leeming.
- Unidentified
sun spider from Upton County, Texas, USA.
- Unidentified
sun spider from Upton County, Texas, USA. Different angle.
- Unidentified
sun spider from Upton County, Texas, USA. Another different
angle.
- Some short movies of this same Unidentified
sun spider. Check them out!
CENTIPEDES
- Scolopendra
heros Girard. Centipede of undetermined sex. Talk about
warning coloration... Collected in Texas.
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and do not represent the views of the Department of the Army or the Smithsonian
Institution... or anybody else for that matter. - Dr. Scott A. Stockwell