Piotr Naskrecki / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Tityus sp) under ultraviolet light, Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Tityus sp), Suriname

Richard Du Toit / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Buthidae) walking on sand dune and casting a shadow, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia

Piotr Naskrecki / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Tityus sp) mother carrying young, Suriname

Chien Lee / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Buthidae), Gunung Mulu National Park, Malaysia

Vincent Grafhorst / Scorpion (Parabuthus stridulus) ready to attack, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Lethiau Valley, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) eating grasshopper, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Stephen Dalton / Thick tailed scorpion {Parabuthus capensis} leaving tracks on sand, South Africa

Ingo Arndt / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Buthidae) mother carrying her young, Europe

Ingo Arndt / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Tityus sp) mother carrying her young, Europe

Ingo Arndt / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Buthidae) mother carrying her young, Europe

Ingo Arndt / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Buthidae) mother carrying her young, Europe

James Christensen / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Tityus pachyurus) with cricket as prey, Colon, Panama

James Christensen / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Tityus pachyurus) devouring insect at night, Panama

Vincent Grafhorst / Scorpion (Parabuthus stridulus) on branch, Khutse Game Reserve, Botswana

Albert Lleal / Common European Scorpion (Buthus occitanus) SEM close-up view of the articulation between two segments of the tail at 56x magnification

Albert Lleal / Common European Scorpion (Buthus occitanus) SEM close-up view of skin showing a trichobothrium, an elongate setae, present in the arachnids, that functions in the detection of airborne vibrations and...

Albert Lleal / Common European Scorpion (Buthus occitanus) in defensive posture, Tavern Desert, Almeria, Spain

Luciano Candisani / Lesser Brown Scorpion (Isometrus maculatus) walking on sandy beach, Rocas Atoll, Brazil

Piotr Naskrecki / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Tityus sp) showing stinger and claws, Guyana

Piotr Naskrecki / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Tityus sp) showing stinger and claws, Guyana

Piotr Naskrecki / Scorpion (Uroplectes planimanus) mother carrying newborn offspring until they are able to hunt on their own, Namibia

Piotr Naskrecki / Brown-faced Spear Bearer (Copiphora hastata) killed by large Scorpion (Centruroides limbatus), Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Scorpion (Centruroides limbatus) photographed in ultraviolet light, mottled appearance probably due to recent molting, Solomon Islands

Piotr Naskrecki / Scorpion (Centruroides limbatus) glows when exposed to ultraviolet light, Costa Rica, sequence 1 of 2

Piotr Naskrecki / Scorpion (Centruroides limbatus) glows in ultraviolet light, Costa Rica, sequence 2 of 2

Piotr Naskrecki / Scorpion (Centruroides limbatus) feeding, their primary prey are crickets and katydids, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Scorpion (Centruroides sp) newly born Scorpions stay on their mother's back, protected by her stinger until capable of hunting on their own, Costa Rica

Claus Meyer / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Tityus bahiensis) pair, Caatinga ecosystem, Brazil