Scorpion ID?

[Ds J]

We are at Mabalingwe and upon arrival two of these okes have decided to welcome us. Total length with tail included is slightly longer than a match box. The tail is slightly thicker than the pincers. Colour is a dirty yellow, almost khaki.

[Knoffel]

Don't know the name, but it's the poisonous kind :)

[Maroelas]

Dominee you are absolutely right...those are indeed scorpions!

[driepootx]

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This one looks a lot like the one you have found. It was killed after stinging my wife on the nose - it was in amongst clothes she was carrying. Length of 30mm. Luckily for the wife it seems as though she only got scratched by the stinger when she threw the clothes to the floor.

I read up on scorpions in SA - I think the figure is 120 different ones. It is therefore not easy making an ID.

[Rick Pascoe]

Parabuthus, if I am not mistaken.

[Knoffel]

These little buggers are nasty things. They also get into places you'd least expect them.

I found one (when I was in the Kruger) in my backpack.
I would have shot it (just kidding), but my pistol was at the bottom of said backpack . I shook it out and it scurried away. Luckily I saw it when I picked up my backpack.

[Zodiac595]

Size 2cm +-?
Uroplexis olivacious
Olive thick tail
Or family of it
I know its the uroplexis ......
See them a lot

Nasty sting
Pain, swelling, tingly sensation around sting site
Swelling can progress up the limb

[Ds J]

My knowledge on scorpions is rusty but I do know that thin pinchers and a thick tail means trouble. Our specimens had 3cm body length and a similar length tail. The tail was 2-3mm in diameter.

[SeanG]

My knowledge on scorpions is rusty but I do know that thin pinchers and a thick tail means trouble. Our specimens had 3cm body length and a similar length tail. The tail was 2-3mm in diameter.

I was taught the same thing as a kid, small pinchers thick tail, give a wide berth and do not mess with them.

[Trayton]

Don't know the name, but it's the poisonous kind :)

Venomous. Poison is absorbed or ingested. Venom is injected.

Parabuthus, if I am not mistaken.

Parabuthus has fat pincers, this is not parabuthus, having said that i still dont know what it is.