A desert hairy scorpion, a white box and 15 minutes (pics)

ECooper

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Lately I have been lamenting the lack of critters available to me to photograph at this time of the year. Well I am happy to say that the problem has been resolved—for the time being at least. Last week I took possession of 19 new “pets” including three new species of scorpions, two species of tarantulas, and one centipede. One might jump to the conclusion that I used the dearth of photographic subjects as an excuse to buy some interesting critters (and one would be right).

Last night I finally managed to find a whole 15 minutes to do a shoot, so I quickly set-up my white box and took these pictures of one of my new critters: a lovely adult female desert hairy scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis). Here are a couple of photos from the series I posted on my blog.

Cheers,
EC
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desert hairy scorpion 7 copyright ernie cooper 2012_filtered by ernie.cooper, on Flickr

desert hairy scorpion 6 copyright ernie cooper 2012_filtered by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
 
Awesome pics! I'm a big scorpion fan so keep them coming!
 
I lived in AZ most of my life which is home to that scorpion. I always found them to be more afraid of humans and animals and non-predatory towards towards them than stories make you believe.


(ITMT - Sitting here waiting for the tarantula pictures)
 
Lovely photos! I am not a huge fan of scorpions. The Emperors we have at work are not very friendly!
 
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