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California Forest Scorpion (Uroctonus mordax)
Photo#141105
Copyright © 2007
Richard Wasson
Scorpion with young on back -
Uroctonus mordax
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Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, California, USA
August 29, 2007
Size: 80mm +/-
Found this guy under a rock at Bouverie Preserve in Glen Ellen.
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Contributed by
Richard Wasson
on 29 August, 2007 - 4:17pm
Last updated 29 August, 2007 - 11:25pm
Life
Oh my this is so beautiful. I woke up one day from a nap to see a similar site, but with darker babies only inches from my head where the mattress was an inch away from the wall. They were on my box spring. I carefully put them outside. There is something about the way their young cling to them that makes them so awe inspiring.
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Jes
, 29 August, 2007 - 6:47pm
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Neat.
I believe she is a specimen of Uroctonus mordax.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 29 August, 2007 - 5:26pm
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Scorpin
Thanks Eric, I had no idea what species she was.
Richard
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Richard Wasson
, 29 August, 2007 - 5:38pm
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