Scorpion from So. Cal

[GQ.]

Here is a picture of a scorpion I just found today. Of course, I have no idea what it is. I really need a good book on scorpion identification. The pincer on the rock was found next to a tarantula burrow nearby. The reason I started looking for scorpions is so I could find out what type of scorpion the pincer may have come from. So far I have found scorpion remains, trapdoor spider remains, male T remains, and numerous tenebrionid beetle remains around the entrances of tarantula burrows here.

 

[Kugellager]

This is probably what it is GQ.

Found it in a desert area?


Anuroctonus phaeodoctylus

http://www.desertreptiles.com/blackclaw.html

The misc claw is prob same thing

John
];')

 

[GQ.]

Thanks for the help Kugellager! It wasn't found in the low deserts like the Mojave, but it was found in the hills of Southern California. I suppose that is desert. There are some cacti spread around. He is a defensive little critter. Very quick to use his pincers.

Gilbert