How do poisonous and non-poisonous scorpions differ?

First thing you should know is that scorpions are venomous not poisonous. The difference being that like snakes they carry Venom and use it as a defense mechanism or for their prey something that is poisonous like an arrow frog or a hooded pitohui is poisonous meaning if you touch it I can make you sick. read more

Whilst both are arachnids and have eight legs the differ greatly in form. Scorpions including pseudo scorpions have large pincers like lobsters and real scorpions have long segmented tails ending with a sting. Spiders never have pincers or stings but always have fangs. read more

Dangerous scorpions: how to identify them. Back to scorpion home. Highly venomous (see stings and venom). Non-venomous: Thick-tail scorpions (family Buthidae). read more