Euscorpius italicus (Euscorpius italicus)

Euscorpius italicus, is a scorpion of the family Euscorpiidae distributed in Europe (Italy, Balkans, Russia, Turkey, Greece) and North Africa. The habitat is mainly represented by old walls, rocks and wood, where he finds refuge in holes, crevices and cracks. However, it is also found in grassy fields and under rocks in mountainous areas. With a length of up to 6 cm, the Scorpion is the largest of the Italian Euscorpius. It has two very large and robust pedipalps and a tail that ends with the rather thin telson. The color is mostly black, with legs and the telson of a lighter color, usually red. The bite of this species does not represent a danger to humans and the effect is comparable to a wasp sting. Like the other Euscorpius leads a solitary life, and most of the meetings with other specimens of the same species is breeding grounds. Reproduction occurs in spring and summer and the children can be born a year after mating. The female gives birth to up to thirty children have been trained to settle immediately on the mother's back, where they will remain until the first moult. Often in the postpartum period, the female does not eat, to avoid cannibalism against the offspring. The scorpion is often confused with other Italian Euscorpius as Euscorpius flavicaudis which can be distinguished from the internal form of the pedipalps.

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