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Marbled scorpion

Lychas marmoreus

Description:

Scorpion found under a rock

Habitat:

open area adjacent mallee woodland

2 Species ID Suggestions

Wood scorpion
Cercophonius squama Cercophonius squama
MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago
Marbled scorpion
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5 Comments

Vinny
Vinny 9 years ago

Great link MartinL, thanks for the I.D

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Thanks Martin.

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

Hello Vinny
I think your brown scorpion with the darkened terminal segment is
Lychas marmoreus.

Wood scorpion is mostly darker, shiny and with chubbier chelicerae

Here is a list of four of the local species
http://australianmuseum.net.au/scorpions...

Vinny
Vinny 9 years ago

Thanks Mark, do you know of any similar looking scorpions I might see in that area?

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Hi jdvincent86 and welcome to ProjectNoah. You've found quite a gathering there. Some bess beetles (Carabidae), and the scorpion might be a wood scorpion (Cercophonius squama) but that's just a guess without a close view. Hope you enjoy the website - it's a great place to learn some biology.

Vinny
Spotted by
Vinny

Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on May 3, 2014
Submitted on May 3, 2014

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