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Parabuthus stridulus
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Parabuthus stridulus
juvenile. Oranjemund, Namibia. [image N.
Larsen ©] |
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Parabuthus stridulus adult eating
Harpactira spider, Luderitz,
Namibia. [image N. Larsen ©] |
Occurs in the Namib dunes from Oranjemund in the south of
Namibia to the Ugab River in the north. 100mm in length, the scorpion has a
shiny integument, yellow orange as a juvenile and becoming yellow as an adult.
This psammophilous species excavates burrows in dune sand at the base of
vegetation. When the adult in the picture on the right caught a
baboon spider (probably
Harpactira namaquensis) it ripped most of the spider's legs off.
Text by Norman Larsen
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