Photo category:
Arthropods specimen collection

  • Photo taken Locality: Greece, Aegean, Dodecanese, Kastelorizo isl.
  • Photo taken by:
    Nikoloudakis, G.
  • Photo taken date:
    March 2013
Scorpions
Arachnids
Animals
Arthropods
Phrygana diorama
Shrubland of Crete (Greece) diorama

Photo of a scorpion Protoiurus kraepelini, with 1st instar babies on. This species is difficult to reproduce in the lab. The specific female gave birth to 14 babies, that stayed on her back for about one month, until after their third molt.

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