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Yellow Fattail Scorpion

Androctonus australis

Photo by AjSaguyod
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A pair of yellow fat tail scorpion mating under Uv light.

Habitat:

They are found throughout the arid and semi-arid regions of the middle east and africa.

Species ID Suggestions

North African desert scorpion

Androctonus australis

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Reza Hashemizadeh
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Comments (11)
Bryony
Hello, this is a great image. I was wondering if I could use this photograph as a drawing reference please? I would simply use it as a skeleton sketch for anatomy and then draw the developed fictional character using the anatomy and rough pose, with changes.
Francisco Araújo
Aj, thats AWESOME! Who would ever think of having scorpions as pets? And another thing, are the fighting or something?
AjSaguyod
hi reza thanks for reminding. actually this photo was taken last year and repost it here to share it with you guys. :-)
Reza Hashemizadeh
Hi Aj, wonderful spotting, I guess you have the dates all wrong here since you have posted this picture along with other pictures of the same spotting on 19th December 2011 on this website http://www.scorpion-forum.com/t7830-androctonus-australis-mating-under-uv-light-2nd-post
AjSaguyod
yes, these are my pets. thanks for changing the category. i'll post some local inverts from my country nextime. :-)
ForestDragon
In addition to my previous comment, if you haven' t already done it, I would recommend reading through the FAQ page: http://www.projectnoah.org/faq While we do allow pet submissions, here at PN the focus is really on living organisms in the natural world and in their native environments. I bet there are some very interesting organisms in the Phillipines!
ForestDragon
Welcome to Project Noah! Your scorpion photos are very nice. Are these your pets?

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