Bug FAQLittle Marbled Scorpion
Lychas marmoreus · Order: Scorpiones · Family: Buthidae
Also called: Little Marbled Black Scorpion
Little marbled scorpions are about 40 mm long with a tail longer than the body and a brown-yellow colour mottled with dark patches. They live across southern mainland Australia, especially in cooler, wetter and urban areas, hiding under stones, bark or leaf litter and sometimes entering houses.
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How to recognize it
The body is brown-yellow with a dark brown to black marbled pattern, and the stinger and tail tip are dark brown.
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Where it comes from
It is native to Australia.
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Questions people ask
What do little marbled scorpions eat?
They hunt small invertebrates, especially termites.
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Where are they found?
They occur across southern mainland Australia, especially in cooler, wetter and urban areas, hiding under stones, bark or leaf litter and may enter houses.
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What do they look like?
They are about 40 mm long, brown-yellow with a dark marbled pattern, and have a dark brown stinger and tail tip.
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Same family (Buthidae)
Striped Bark ScorpionCentruroides vittatusCan sting
Arizona Bark ScorpionCentruroides sculpturatusVenomous
Slender Brown ScorpionCentruroides gracilisVenomous
Edward's Bark ScorpionCentruroides edwardsiiVenomous
Hentz Striped ScorpionCentruroides hentziCan sting
Common Yellow ScorpionButhus occitanusVenomousSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lychas_marmoreus
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