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My
goal is to someday get a picture of a Giant Desert Hairy scorpion.
They're huge, scary looking, and thoroughly cool, but I've only seen
two of them and couldn't get the camera in time in either case. |
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The
picture makes him look much larger than he actually was.
I'm not sure what kind of scorpion he was, but he probably was not a Bark
scorpion. |
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This
appears to be the same type of scorpion as the one above.
I learned from this cool, interactive scorpion
anatomy site that the odd-looking white
protrusions behind the third set of legs are called pectines. They're a
type of sensory organ. |
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In
our household, scorpions are scooped into a cup, then relocated outside.
The one in the bottom picture charged to the front of the cup while I was
taking his
picture, causing me to scream like a girl and almost drop him.
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These
are solpugids, which are also known as camelspiders, sun spiders, or wind
scorpions.
They aren't really spiders or scorpions, and although they look
intimidating, they are harmless.
I have no idea why the one guy was mooning me.
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