Piotr Naskrecki / Flat Rock Scorpion (Hadogenes granulatus) and hand, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ziegler / Mediterranean checkered scorpion (Mesobuthus gibbosus) on rock, the ancient ruins of Mycene, The Peloponnese, Greece, May 2009

Sergio Hanquet / Scorpionfish (Scorpaena maderensis) resting cmouflaged on rock. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Long spined scorpion fish (Taurulus bubalis) camoflouged, Sula Sgeir, Scotland.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scorpion fish amongst hydroids (Taurulus bubalis) Loch Etive, west coast of Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Long spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis), John O' Groats, North Scotland, UK, May.

David Fleetham / Tiger rockfish (Sebastes nigrocinctus). British Columbia, Canada.

Piotr Naskrecki / Flat Rock Scorpion (Hadogenes granulatus), seen under UV light, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Robert Thompson / Long spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) Ballywhoriskey Point, Fanad Peninsula, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, April.

Sue Daly / Long-spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) resting on pebbles, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.

Oriol Alamany / Scorpion gecko (Pristurus carteri) on Ras Al-Jinz Turtle Reserve beach, Ash-Sharkiyah, Oman, November

Oriol Alamany / Scorpion gecko (Pristurus carteri) on Ras Al-Jinz Turtle Reserve beach, Ash-Sharkiyah, Oman, November