Parabuthus villosus

Parabuthus villosus, the black hairy thick-tailed scorpion, is a species of scorpion from southern Africa, where it ranges from the Northern Cape to Namibia. It is the largest species of the Buthidae, measuring up to 18 cm,^[1] and its diet may include lizards and mice.^[2] The species is often active at dawn and dusk, but takes refuge by day in a variety of shelters.^[1] It resembles Parabuthus transvaalicus, which is more strictly nocturnal, less hairy and with a more easterly distribution.^[3]

Parabuthus villosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Buthidae
Genus:	Parabuthus
Species:	P. villosus
Binomial name
Parabuthus villosus (Peters, 1862)