Alabama Scorpions

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Barry R
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Alabama Scorpions

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During the NAFHA Alabama trip, we managed to find a few scorpions.....sorry, I'm not familiar with the species.
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I found this one in a decaying log on a cold morning

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When Bill and I caught up to the group, they'd found this one
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Daniel D Dye
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Re: Alabama Scorpions

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Barry,

I believe it's a Southern Unstriped Scorpion, Vaejovis carolinianus.

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Jason B
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Re: Alabama Scorpions

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I like that common name much more than the one I know - Southern Devil Scorpion. I found some last weekend here in KY and they were far from devilish.
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Re: Alabama Scorpions

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Jason,

You may be thinking of it's relative the Devil's Striped Tail? They are in fact the meanest scorpions I've kept, ever. Females in spacious enclosures would always kill the males, whether or not they bred. They are not a communal species by any means.

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Re: Alabama Scorpions

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Thanks! Cool stuff
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Re: Alabama Scorpions

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Justin, I don't think we have striped devil scorpions here, but maybe that's how the other common name for V. carolinianus came about. They were extremely abundant on the sandstone glade I was exploring, but I don't recall seeing more than one under one piece of cover. Perhaps they are cannibals too. Here's a specimen:

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