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Photo © Ken-ichi Ueda some rights reserved
Round Valley Regional Park, Contra Costa County, CA, USA (Google, OSM)
37.856772, -121.767898
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Jul. 31, 2012 23:19:13 -0700
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Scorpions - Photo (c) Eduard Solà, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
kueda's ID: Scorpions (Order Scorpiones)
Posted by kueda 10 months ago (Flag)
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sawfinger scorpion - Photo (c) randomtruth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
invertboy's ID: sawfinger scorpion (Serradigitus gertschi)

Not 100%, but I think this and Uroctonus mordax are the only 2 common scorpions around there.

Posted by invertboy 10 months ago (Flag)
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Do you know how to tell them apart? I was sort of assuming this was not U. mordax since it seemed a bit more slender and was in a particularly dry area, but those are kind of vague traits.

Posted by kueda 10 months ago (Flag)
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Scorpions - Photo (c) Eduard Solà, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
kueda's ID: Scorpions (Order Scorpiones)
sawfinger scorpion - Photo (c) randomtruth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
invertboy's ID: sawfinger scorpion (Serradigitus gertschi)
kueda would like some help identifying this

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