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GIANT ARABIAN DEATHSTALKER SCORPION, A HIGHLY POISONOUS SPECIES FROM SAUDI...

Caption: GIANT ARABIAN DEATHSTALKER SCORPION, A HIGHLY POISONOUS SPECIES FROM SAUDI ARABIA
Scientific name: Apistobuthus pterygocerus
Location: Mid-East
Copyright: © Robert & Linda Mitchell
Photographer Code: ARA-SCO-71-9
AGPix ID: AGPix_RoLiMi24_1810
Photo Alignment: 35mm (horizontal)
Comments: The Giant Arabian Deathstalker Scorpion, Apistobuthus pterygocerus, from Saudi Arabia is a highly poisonous & dangerous species. Arthropoda, Arachnida, Scorpionida, Buthidae. There are several scorpion families, but it is the Buthidae that contains most of the world's very dangerous species, especially scorpions in the genera Buthus, Parabuthus, Mesobuthus, Apistobuthus, Buthacus, Leiurus, Tityus, Hottentotta, Androctonus, Centruroides. Among biologists, these bad news scorpions are referred to collectively as the buthids. These highly venomous scorpions generally have long, slender hands (pedipalps), especially the fingers, indicating that they chiefly use venom to subdue their prey, while, by contrast, those scorpions in other groups that lack dangerous poisons generally have large, thick & powerful hands, indicating that they subdue prey simply by grabbing them.