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

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.

Cyril Ruoso / Black scorpion (Parabuthus villosus) Dorob National Park, Namibia.

Lorraine Bennery / European buthus scorpion (Buthus occitanus), Plaine des Maures National Natural Reserve, France, April.

Clay Bolt / Scorpion (Tityus cerroazul) one of the most highly toxic species of scorpion in Central America. Cocobolo Nature Reserve, Panama.

Clay Bolt / Scorpion (Tityus cerroazul) one of the most highly toxic species of scorpion in Central America. Cocobolo Nature Reserve, Panama.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Scorpion (Hottentotta jayakari) February, Oman

Alex Hyde / Bark scorpion (Centruroides limbatus) Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica

Alex Hyde / Bark scorpion (Centruroides limbatus) Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica

Stephen Dalton / Scorpion (Buthus occitanus) in defensive stance at entrance to burrow under stone, Exremadura, Spain