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Androctonus crassicauda last week was &quot;international moth week&quot;, so I joined some people in an outing - with &quot;light trap&quot; for moths. <br />
but the youngest one of the participants (the organizer&#039;s son who was only 12 years old) was not interested in moths, so he went out and about in the darkness, and returned with this scorpion in a tube. this is one of the most dangerous scorpions. <br />
This scorpion is black to the naked eye, but when lighted in ultra-violet light, it gets a fluorescentic blue color.  Androctonus crassicauda,Arabian fat-tailed scorpion,Geotagged,Israel,Summer,Ultra Violet Light Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Androctonus crassicauda

last week was "international moth week", so I joined some people in an outing - with "light trap" for moths.
but the youngest one of the participants (the organizer's son who was only 12 years old) was not interested in moths, so he went out and about in the darkness, and returned with this scorpion in a tube. this is one of the most dangerous scorpions.
This scorpion is black to the naked eye, but when lighted in ultra-violet light, it gets a fluorescentic blue color.

    comments (4)

  1. Whoa, nice job! Added it to this tag:

    108Ultra Violet Light
    Posted 2 years ago, modified 2 years ago
    1. thank you! Posted 2 years ago
  2. That's wild! Posted 2 years ago
    1. very wild :-)
      but it stood there long enough for everyone to take its picture...
      Posted 2 years ago

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"Androctonus crassicauda", the Arabian fat-tailed scorpion, is a species of dangerous scorpion usually found in North Africa and the Middle East.

Similar species: Scorpions
Species identified by Yael Orgad
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By Yael Orgad

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Uploaded Aug 1, 2023. Captured Jul 30, 2023 22:03 in RXX2+J3 Nahshon, Israel.
  • SM-G991B
  • f/1.8
  • 1/1s
  • ISO1000
  • 5.4mm