Whip Scorpion... with eggs

[Wikkels88]

Quite a rare find apparently... I had to snap a couple of shots of her before releasing her back into the wild May the force be with her and her future babies

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I hope to see more of these critters in my backyard

Is this what it is, a scorpion??? when I was a lighty use to see loads of these on my grandads farm, scarry little ****ers

 

[JerryMungo]

Is this what it is, a scorpion??? when I was a lighty use to see loads of these on my grandads farm, scarry little ****ers

It's a whipscorpion - not a true scorpion - it has no venom or sting. It is part of the Arachnid family though.

 

[Azbubu]

It's a whipscorpion - not a true scorpion - it has no venom or sting. It is part of the Arachnid family though.

So it's not a scorpion but more of a spider? Yeah, that makes it much better. :wtf:

 

[JerryMungo]

So it's not a scorpion but more of a spider? Yeah, that makes it much better. :wtf:

Neither scorpion or spider
No venom. It can stare at you though!

Note quite one of these:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/475550-Spider-)

 

[AfricanTech]

Uh Uh! I'm with the combustible crowd on this one - shudder!