Scorpio maurus (large-clawed scorpion)

Query: Woodland brown

Result: 86^th of 158

Subject:	Scorpio maurus (large-clawed scorpion)
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Scorpio maurus
Date 1800
Source Plate 6 from Natursystem der Ungeflügelten Insekten http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/herbst_1800.php
Author J. F. W. Herbst (Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst; 1743 – 1807)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scorpio_maurus_1800.jpg

The large-clawed scorpion (Scorpio maurus), also known as the Israeli gold scorpion or Zerachia scorpion, is a species of North African and Middle Eastern scorpion of the family Scorpionidae. It has brown back and golden claws. These scorpions are found in very deep burrows in deserts and occasionally sparse woodland.

Order: Scorpiones
Family: Scorpionidae
Genus: Scorpio
Species: Scorpio maurus Linnaeus, 1758

Woodland brown
86/158

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