The emperor scorpion can be found in west Africa and prefers rainforest and Savanna habitats. While not the largest scorpion in the world, that title goes to the rock scorpion
The Asian forest scorpion, aka Asian black scorpion and black scorpion, hails from India on east to Vietnam and Laos. They prefer forested, peaty, and humid, sub-tropical and tropical habitats
The fat-tailed scorpion, aka fattail scorpion, can be found in desert, arid, semi-arid, subtropical, tropical, and temperate regions of northern and western Africa as well as the Middle
The pseudoscorpion, aka false scorpion, is a type of arachnid that can be found nearly the world over. They’re even near the Arctic Circle. These ancient, diminutive critters have been around for approximately 380 million years with little change. They prefer areas with decaying logs, leaf-litter
Surviving for around 450 million years, the horseshoe crab has changed little over the millions of years. Hence they are known as living fossils. They get their name from the shape of their
The Indian red scorpion, aka eastern Indian scorpion, is thought by many to be the world’s deadliest known scorpion. Their fatality rate is, by far, the highest of any other known
The deathstalker scorpion, aka Palestine yellow scorpion, Omdurman scorpion, and Naqab desert scorpion, is one of the world’s most deadly scorpions. These lethal arachnids can be
The tailless whip scorpion, aka the whip spider, looks a little like a cornucopia of different types of arachnids. With long, skinny legs they look like a spider, but nope. It’s not a
The Arizona bark scorpion can be found from southern California, throughout southern Arizona, into the western parts of New Mexico, the southern parts of Utah, and in Mexico
Imagine a scorpion up to 6 inches long, from tip to tip! Welcome the desert hairy scorpion. Few critters give people the heebie jeebies like scorpions. The predominant species of