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Scorpions Of The Lowveld

Identification & First Response Guide by Jonathan Leeming

Hoedspruit Roadshow

Jonathan will be in the Hoedspruit area during the end of September 2026 for a series of private and public scorpion sting first response courses and events. The focus is on developing knowledge and understanding to step up to the leadership challenge of scorpion sting first response in an area that experiences its fair share of medically important stings. Join a public event or host a private event for your lodge or organisation or just buy a book! 

Public Events or Arrange Your Own

The Essential Scorpion Sting First Response Book offers a new and innovative science-based first response framework that reduces the chance of being stung by a scorpion, and ensures the best possible outcome for stings in humans and animals. However, one aspect that presents a hurdle to effective scorpion sting first response is scorpion identification. This poster and associated online reference, presents a unique regional identification and first response guide that solves this challenge.

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Chubbs Lessor Thick-Tail Scorpion

Chubb's Lessor Thick-Tail Scorpion

Chubb's Lessor Thick-Tail Scorpion (Uroplectes chubbi), is a small scorpion with an average length of about 35mm. Light-brown with either a pale stripe or alternating pale and dark pattern down the centre of the tergites, and a dark triangle on the carapace.

Common Lessor Thick-Tail Scorpion

The Common Lessor Thick-Tail Scorpion (Uroplectes carinatus), is a small scorpion with an average length between 25mm to 40mm. Overall coloration is variable thought out its wide range but generally orange-brown. Dark line on the middle of the tergites.

Eastern Lessor Thick-Tail Scorpion

The Eastern Lessor Thick-Tail Scorpion (Uroplectes vittatus), is a small scorpion with an average length between 40mm and 50mm. Light-brown with a pale stripe down the centre of the tergites. Last 2 tail segments are darker in colour. Characteristic dark triangle on the carapace.

Eastern Nomad Scorpion

The Eastern Nomad Scorpion is a medium sized scorpion with an average length of 50mm. Dark ridges on the carapace and 3 dark ridges in the tergites, differentiate this scorpion from all other species. Sting is bulbous. Shelters under rocks in a scrape. Common in areas where they occur. 

Giant Rock Scorpion

The Giant Rock Scorpion (Hadogenes troglodytes), is the longest scorpion in Southern Africa attaining a length of 130mm to 150mm. Males have longer tails than females and attaining a length of 190mm. Found on rocky ridges and outcrops.

Jones's Lessor Creeping Scorpion

The Jones’s Lessor Creeping Scorpion is a medium sized scorpion, average 50mm to 60mm, attaining 70mm in some areas. Colouration rangers from overall black, to dark brown with slightly lighter legs.

Lowveld Creeping Scorpion

The Lowveld Creeping Scorpion (Cheloctonus laevipes), is a large scorpion with an average length of 90mm to 100mm. Legs and sting are a lighter colour than the body. Pincers are smooth in texture. Found in rocky areas where they shelter between 2 rocks or in a rock crack.

Mozambique Thick-Tail Scorpion

The Mozambique Thick-Tail Scorpion (Parabuthus mossambicensis), is a medium scorpion with an average length of 60mm to 70mm in length. Overall orange to orange-brown in coloration. Tail segments will granular keels.

Olive Lessor Thick-Tail Scorpion

The Olive Lessor Thick-Tail Scorpion (Uroplectes olivaceous), is a small scorpion with an average length between 40mm to 50mm in length. Overall olive-green in colouration. The fingers on the pincers are lighter in colour, legs characterised by light and dark bands.

Shiny Burrowing Scorpion

The Shiny Burrowing Scorpion (Opistophthlamus glabrifrons), is a large scorpion with an average length of 70mm to 100mm, reaching up to 140mm in parts of its range. This widely distributed scorpion varies in size and colouration throughout range.

Transvaal Thick-Tail Scorpion

The Transvaal Thick-Tail Scorpion (Parabuthus transvaalicus), is a large scorpion with an average length between 80mm to 100mm in length, reaching 120mm in some areas. Overall charcoal-black to greyish brown.

Tree Creeping Scorpion

The Tree Creeping Scorpion (Cheloctonus asper). is a medium sized scorpion, average 65mm to 85mm in length, attaining 70mm in other areas. Colouration black with pale legs and sting.

Essential Scorpion Sting First Response Book

Written by Jonathan Leeming

This book represents a giant leap forward in our understanding of scorpions and scorpion stings in southern Africa. It offers a new and innovative first response framework that is based upon the latest science, is easy to understand and put into practice. This book is an upgrade on our current understanding of scorpions and scorpions stings as it offers a refreshingly new perspective on a familiar subject that is in desperate need of updating.

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