Alex Hyde / Tailless Whipscorpion (Heterophrynus elephas) hunting invertebrate prey at night on tree butress root. The raptorial pedipalps are extended, with which it grabs its prey much like a praying mantis. Ma...

Alex Hyde / Tailless whipscorpion (Heterophrynus elephas) on face of photographer Alex Hyde, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru. November.

Alex Hyde / Tailless Whipscorpion (Heterophrynus elephas) hunting invertebrate prey at night on tree butress root. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru. November.

Alex Hyde / Tailless Whipscorpion (Heterophrynus elephas) hunting invertebrate prey at night on tree butress root. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru. November.

Alex Hyde / Tailless whipscorpion (Heterophrynus elephas) hunting invertebrate prey at night on tree butress root. The raptorial pedipalps are extended, with which it grabs its prey much like a praying mantis. Ma...

Alex Hyde / Tailless Whipscorpion (Heterophrynus elephas) hunting invertebrate prey at night on tree butress root. The raptorial pedipalps can be seen, which it grabs its prey with much like a praying mantis. Man...

Alex Hyde / Chicken Spider (Pamphobeteus sp.), a huge tarantula discovered next to it's burrow at night in dense tropcial rainforest. Manu Biosphere Reserve, lowland Amazon rainforest, Peru. November.

Emanuele Biggi / Whip scorpion (Heterophrynus elephas) hunting for food on a large tree root of the rainforest. Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru. Highly commended in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Ye...

Emanuele Biggi / Tailless whip scorpion (Heterophrynus elephas) Peru.

Emanuele Biggi / Whip scorpion (Stygophrynus sp.), Deer Cave, Gunung Mulu National Park, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Alex Hyde / Tailless whipscorpion (Amblypygi) on a tree trunk at night. Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica.

Alex Hyde / Tailless whipscorpion (Amblypygi) still pale from recently shedding its skin, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Alex Hyde / Tailless whipscorpion (Amblypygi) shedding its skin, showing its newly revealed exoskeleton darkening as it hardens, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica. Sequence 5/5

Alex Hyde / Tailless whipscorpion (Amblypygi) shedding its skin, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica. Sequence 4/5

Alex Hyde / Tailless whipscorpion (Amblypygi) shedding its skin, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica. Sequence 3/5

Alex Hyde / Tailless whipscorpion (Amblypygi) shedding its skin, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica. Sequence 2/5

Alex Hyde / Tailless whipscorpion (Amblypygi) shedding its skin, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica. Sequence 1/5

Chris Mattison / Tailless whip scorpion (Damon diadema) found in East Africa, captive

Chris Mattison / Tailless whip scorpion (Damon diadema) found in East Africa, captive

Konrad Wothe / Whip spider (Heterophrynus elaphus) Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Whip spider (Heterophrynus elaphus) Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Whip spider (Phrynus parvulus) Cayo District, Belize, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Whip spider (Euphrynichus bacillifer), Usumbara Mountains, Tanzania, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

Pete Oxford / Tailless Whip Scorpion (Amblypygi) Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, South America

Alex Hyde / Tanzanian Giant Tailless Whipscorpion (Damon variegatus). Captive, occurs in Kenya and Tanzania.

John Abbott / Tailless Whipscorpion (Paraphrynus sp.) Footprint Cave, near Armenia, Cayo District, Belize

John Abbott / Tailless Whipscorpion (Paraphrynus sp.) Footprint Cave, near Armenia, Cayo District, Belize

John Abbott / Tailless Whipscorpion (Paraphrynus sp.) Footprint Cave, near Armenia, Cayo District, Belize

Alex Hyde / Tanzanian Giant Tailless Whipscorpion (Damon variegatus) juvenile, photographed on a white background. Originating from Kenya and Tanzania. Captive.

Alex Hyde / Tanzanian Giant Tailless Whipscorpions (Damon variegatus) juveniles, originating from Kenya and Tanzania. Captive.

MYN / Andrew Snyder / Tailless whip scorpion (Heterophrynus sp.) close up, Iwokrama, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Andrew Snyder / Tailless whip scorpion (Heterophrynus sp) Iwokrama, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Nick Garbutt / Tailless whip scorpion (Amblypygi) resting on tree trunk during the day, Piedras Blancas National Park, near Osa Peninsula, Pacific slope, Costa Rica.

Roman Willi / Whipspider (Paraphrynus laevifrons) portrait, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Focus stacked image.

Roman Willi / RF - Whipspider (Paraphrynus laevifrons) gravid female grooming, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Focus stacked image. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Whip scorpion (Heterophrynus sp.) portrait, Urku Center, Tarapoto, Peru. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Whip scorpion (Heterophrynus sp.) portrait, Urku Center, Tarapoto, Peru. Captive.

Roman Willi / Whip spider (Paraphrynus sp.) resting on tree trunk at night, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Roman Willi / Whipspider (Paraphrynus sp.) clutching its cricket (Gryllidae) prey, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Arizona tailless whip scorpion (Paraphrynus carolynae) dorsal view, portrait, Josh'sFrogs. Captive, occurs in Mexico and southwestern USA.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Arizona tailless whip scorpion (Paraphrynus carolynae) dorsal view, portrait, Josh'sFrogs. Captive, occurs in Mexico and southwestern USA.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Tanzanian whip scorpion (Damon medius) female moving up and down, with pedipalps outstretched, Butterfly Pavillion. Captive.

Karine Aigner / Young boy looking up at whip scorpion on his forehead / face. Ecuador.

Doug Wechsler / Tailless whip scorpion (Amblypygi) , Copalinga Reserve, Ecuador.

Robert Pickett / Whip Scorpion (Amblypygi) Thailand.