Unlike insects, arachnids have more pairs of legs and do not have three body segments. Scorpions are found through out the world in topical and subtropical environments. Scorpions are characterized by their large pincer clawed fore limbs and a venomous sting on their tails which are held over their bodies. They vary widely in their size and potency of their venom.
Scorpions are ambush hunters.
They attack and kill their food prey by grasping the victim with their pincers and stabbing it with their stings. The venom in the sting quickly kills the food animal. In addition, scorpions vicously fight each other. The combatants grapple with each other and attempt to penetrate their opponents body armor with their sting. This combat continues until a weak point in one combantant's body armor is found and a fatal sting delivered.