Paul Bertner / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Tityus sp), under UV light, Sani Lodge, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Tityus sp), Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam

Ann & Steve Toon / Black hairy thicktailed scorpion (Parabuthus villosus), Namib Desert, Namibia, April

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

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

Daniel Heuclin / Deathstalker / Palestine Yellow Scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus) against white background. Tunisia, Africa.

Tony Phelps / Scorpion (Uroplectes lineatus / carinatus) female carrying hatchlings on its back; a rare example of parental care in invertebrates. De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, January.

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

Piotr Naskrecki / Scorpion (Parabuthus transvaalicus) female carrying young, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Emanuele Biggi / Scorpion (Ttityus sp.) close up of sting, on white background, Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru.

Emanuele Biggi / Scorpion (Tityius cf. aesthnes) eating pieces of two different spider species, Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru

Emanuele Biggi / Scorption (Parabuthus granulatus) under UV light, Namibia.