SCORPION

Palamnaeus swammerdami is the great black scorpion which is the largest scorpion found in India. In scorpions, the body is elongate, with a compact cephalothorax, and a narrow, elongated, abdomen, broadly joined to the front part. The second pair of cephalothoracic appendages are large and powerful with stout pincer-like joints at its tips. The abdomen is long, composed of 12 ring-like segments. The last six segments are narrow, with a sharp, poison claw bearing the sting at its end. Scorpions are nocturnal creatures, hiding by day and coming out at night to hunt for the insects, etc., on which they feed.