Namaqua Rock Scorpion
This is a large scorpion reaching 18 cm total length. Males have a much longer tail than females. Colour is variable from yellowish-brown to dark brown or black, usually with yellow to beige legs.
This is a large scorpion reaching 18 cm total length. Males have a much longer tail than females. Colour is variable from yellowish-brown to dark brown or black, usually with yellow to beige legs.
A small rock scorpion that reaches 13cm total length. This species is black in colour. The Cederberg Rock Scorpion is endemic to South Africa and known from the northern Cederberg and Piketberg Mountains.
A large scorpion of around 13 cm with the tail extended. This species is usually tan to brown in colour often with a lighter telson (stinger) and pale legs.
A small scorpion of under 4 cm with the tail extended. This species is orange to yellow with darker speckling across the body, legs and tail. The arms are yellow with a dark segment just before the pincers and dark-tipped pincers.
A smaller burrowing scorpion of around 7 cm with the tail extended. It is dark brown colour with light yellow or beige legs.
A large burrowing scorpion of around 10 cm with the tail extended. It is dark brown to black in colour with reddish-brown or dark legs.
A large scorpion of around 11 cm with the tail extended. It is dark brown with a lighter stinger and pincers. The back often has thin pale bands across it. The top of the head is usually a lighter russet brown to yellow colour.
A large scorpion of around 10 cm with the tail extended. It is brown to light brown or yellow in colour with pale yellow legs and a darker tail.
One of the smaller thicktail scorpions in southern Africa reaching a length of around 5 cm with the tail extended. It is usually pale orange with a darker back.
A medium to small scorpion under 6 cm with the tail extended. A light yellow to orange scorpion with a darker back, usually with series of pale-yellow spots down the centre of the back. There is often a dark V-shaped mask from the eyes to the mouth parts.
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