Arachnura scorpionoides

Arachnura scorpionoides is a species of drag tail spider, in the genus Arachnura, native to Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Mauritius.^[1] A specimen of this species has recently been seen (January 2013) in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. The specimen laid over 65 eggs which later hatched, therefore making Arachnura scorpionoides a native species of Kenya.

Arachnura scorpionoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Arachnura
Species:	A. scorpionoides
Binomial name
Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863