Here is list of questions that I am frequently asked. Click on a question to get the answer. I'll try to answer more questions here in the near future. It may be distinguished from other less toxic species by its more slender tail segments and pincers. Reaching only an inch and a half at maturity, it is a comparatively small scorpion.
Scorpions are relatively inactive during the daylight hours.
As a lineage, scorpions are very old, indeed. The earliest fossil scorpions turn up in rocks formed in the lower Silurian Period, over 420 million years ago. That's about 200 million years before the dinosaurs appeared. The scorpion's most notorious attribute is its poisonous sting. While it is true that some scorpions are among the most poisonous land animals, reports of their lethality are probably exaggerated.