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Dangerous scorpions: how to identify them
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Highly venomous (see stings and venom)
Non-venomous
Thick-tail scorpions (family Buthidae). They have thick tails and thin pincers.
Thin-tail scorpions (families Scorpionidae, Ischnuridae). They have thin tails and broad, well developed pincers.
Parabuthus granulatus
Hadogenes minor female.
Parabuthus granulatus sting
Opisthacanthus capensis.
Uroplectes lineatus. Painful sting but not life-threatening.
Opistophthalmus adustus.
Parabuthus capensis
Opistophthalmus capensis
Parabuthus transvaalicus
Cheloctonus sp.
Text and images by Norman Larsen ©.