Heterometrus swammerdami, giant forest scorpion

Query: Scorpion

Result: 39^th of 237

Subject:	Heterometrus swammerdami, giant forest scorpion
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

Resolution: 4608x3456 File Size: 6625511 Bytes Date: 2014:06:13 20:50:35 Camera: COOLPIX S3300 (NIKON) F number: f/11.9 Exposure: 10/250 sec Focal Length: 5300/1000 Upload Date: 2017:02:10 17:52:21

Heterometrus swammerdami, giant forest scorpion

Description
English: A Giant Forest Scorpion from the Western ghats in Karnataka, India
Date 13 June 2014, 20:50:35
Author Nireekshit
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giant_forest_scorpion.JPG

Heterometrus swammerdami holds the record for being the world's largest scorpion species at 23 cm in length, and it can weigh as much as 56 grams. Its venom is not usually lethal to humans because it has evolved to kill its prey by crushing it with its pincers and not by venom. Subspecies H. swammerdami titanicus can be found in Sri Lanka and India. Order: Scorpiones, Family: Scorpionidae, Genus: Heterometrus, Species: Heterometrus swammerdami (Simon, 1872), Subspecies: Heterometrus swammerdami titanicus.

Scorpion
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