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[rndmscorpio]

Hi i just found this little thing in our house here in Philippines, i need some help to identify if this is a Scorpion or not.

 

[Veno Manus]

Centruroides Barbudensis is what I'd suspect from what I can see in the pic. If you can get a better one.

 

[Outpost31Survivor]

Looks to be Isometrus maculatus. Take another picture without the lid if possible.

 

[Joey Spijkers]

Centruroides Barbudensis is what I'd suspect from what I can see in the pic. If you can get a better one.

That species is from the Caribbean, not the Phillipenes.
Isometrus maculatus is most likely given the location.

 

[Veno Manus]

I mean I wouldn't count it out of the question. There's many species that have traveled.

That species is from the Caribbean, not the Phillipenes.
Isometrus maculatus is most likely given the location.

 

[Harmonicon]

Isometrus maculatus.

I mean I wouldn't count it out of the question. There's many species that have traveled.

The well developed subaculear tubercle and slim pedipalps rules out Centruroides barbudensis.

 

[Outpost31Survivor]

I mean I wouldn't count it out of the question. There's many species that have traveled.

That is just taking a shot in the dark besides Centruroides barbudensis is endemic to the Lesser Antilles. It is better to rule out native species before considering introduced invasive species.

 

[Veno Manus]

I think I was just looking at the wrong species. But that's why I wasn't 100% on it. I just dug the web a little bit and pulled what I found. There were some that looked similar and thats one I saw fit.

 

[Outpost31Survivor]

I think I was just looking at the wrong species. But that's why I wasn't 100% on it. I just dug the web a little bit and pulled what I found. There were some that looked similar and thats one I saw fit.

That is really a terrible method of identification lacking any knowledge of the distribution of native scorpion fauna in the Philippines and if the said random Googled species is even found in Philippines. Centruroides barbudensis isn't even native in the same hemisphere as the Philippines.

 

[Veno Manus]

Yup I made a bad call you are correct. My judgment wasn't in the best place.

 

[Joey Spijkers]

Of the 2,500+ species, there are always going to be similar looking ones. Looking at the location narrows it down to usually about a dozen species at most.
Assuming every species is invasive in areas even if they've never been reported there makes little sense.