Wood Scorpion at Wombeyan Caves, NSW
Identification history
| Cercophonius squama | 22 Sep 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Cercophonius squama | 31 May 2023 | trevorpreston | ||
| Urodacus manicatus | 31 May 2023 | CarbonAI | ||
| Unidentified | 31 May 2023 | trevorpreston |
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User's notes
Scorpion about 15mm. Definately not black Rock Scorpion, but it doesn't look like Lychas marmoreus either.
1 comment
trevorpreston
wrote:
31 May 2023
Based on the thickness of the tail I think this is Cercophonius squama, Wood scorpion. First time I have seen this species.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.916903-34.273902
- Altitude 999.3m
- Maps Mares Forest National Park
- Places Wombeyan Caves, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 May 2023 12:18 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Other Arthropods Scorpions (Scorpionidae) trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Cercophonius squama Scientific name
- Wood Scorpion Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1437.48m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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