Cercophonius squama

2 Wood Scorpion at Baranduda Regional Park

Cercophonius squama at Baranduda Regional Park - 14 Mar 2021
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Cercophonius squama 19 Mar 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Lychas marmoreus 16 Mar 2021 WingsToWander

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Two marbled scorpions with locked pincers. The smaller of the two was actively dragging the larger one. Territory? Mating behaviour?

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   19 Mar 2021
The pincers on the marbled scorpion are very thin and it has a yellow-brown body mottled with light brown patches while the body of the wood scorpion iis creamy yellow to orange with darker brown and light brown patterning. You have photographed a mating dance led by the smaller male who has deposited a package of sperm on the ground. The male is trying to position the female over the top of the package.

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