Lychas marmoreus

2 Little Marbled Scorpion at Stromlo, ACT

Lychas marmoreus at Stromlo, ACT - 23 Nov 2021
Lychas marmoreus at Stromlo, ACT - 23 Nov 2021
Lychas marmoreus at Stromlo, ACT - 23 Nov 2021
Lychas marmoreus at Stromlo, ACT - 23 Nov 2021
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Identification history

Lychas marmoreus 26 Nov 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Lychas variatus 26 Nov 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Lychas variatus 23 Nov 2021 trevorpreston

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Scorpion 12-15mm

3 comments

   26 Nov 2021
A first for CNM
trevorpreston wrote:
   26 Nov 2021
How odd, it was only an accident I put this in as variatus, I thought I put it as mamoreus. Can you tell me the main differences between the two?
   26 Nov 2021
I thought that variatus had a light body with brown marking and mamoreus was a dark body with light spots, but your question made melon more closely. This paper shows the differences in leg, nippers and sting
http://kovarex.com/scorpio/pdf/2019m-Lychas_Mesobuthus.pdf.
Sorry your claim to local scorpion fame was so short-lived and down to a mis-identification by me.

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  • 23 Nov 2021 04:12 PM Recorded on
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  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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