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ScorpionMAP:   520
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3224BA
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2005-10-27
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Specimen appeared to be carrying a large cricket on its back: I did not see it attack the cricket, only what is recorded in the photos.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   302750
Species name:   Parabuthus planicauda
Common name:  
Family:   BUTHIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Thick-tailed Scorpion Parabuthus sp.
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ScorpionMAP-520
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 520 - photo: 1
VM-number: 520 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ian ENGELBRECHT
Comment:  
Date:   2014-06-05 21:17:34
Species name:   Parabuthus planicauda -- Scorpions
Species code:   302750
Comment number:   2
By:   Lorenzo Prendini
Comment:  
Date:   2017-08-24 04:31:43
Species name:   Parabuthus planicauda -- Scorpions
Species code:   302750

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