The name of animals of the class Arachnida. Scorpions have an elongated body, suddenly terminated by a long slender tail formed of six joints, the last of which terminates in an arcuated and very acute sting, which effuses a venomous liquid.

Arachnid Scorpion

The name of animals of the class Arachnida. Scorpions have an elongated body, suddenly terminated by…

A bee of the family Apidae.

Cuckoo Bee

A bee of the family Apidae.

A hand&mdashlike coral: so called from its pale hand like tubers.

Dead Man's Fingers

A hand&mdashlike coral: so called from its pale hand like tubers.

"Its tail is arme with a sharp spine fives inches long, serated on both edges, with which it lacerates its enemies." — Goodrich, 1859

Sting Ray

"Its tail is arme with a sharp spine fives inches long, serated on both edges, with which it lacerates…

"Diagram of structure of Scopionidae (most of the appendages removed). IV. to XX., fourth to twentieth somite; IV., basis of the pedipalpi or great claws; V., VI., of two succeeding cephalic segments; T, telson of sting; a, mouth; b, alimentary canal; c, anus; d, heart; e, a pulmonary sac; f, line of ventral ganglionated cord; g, cerebroganglia." -Whitney, 1911

Scorpion Diagram

"Diagram of structure of Scopionidae (most of the appendages removed). IV. to XX., fourth to twentieth…

The Black Rock Scorpion (Scorpio (Buthus) Afer), "seen from above. At, the chelicerae, or chelate antennae; the large claws are chelate pedipalpi; Cth, cephalothorax; the first two legs are cephalic appendages, the next two thoracic; Tn, the telson or sting." -Whitney, 1911

Black Rock Scorpion

The Black Rock Scorpion (Scorpio (Buthus) Afer), "seen from above. At, the chelicerae, or chelate antennae;…

An illustration of a violin.

Violin

An illustration of a violin.

A common wasp that preys on bee hives.

Wasp

A common wasp that preys on bee hives.

A wasp that makes his nest in wood or cork, then covers the enterance with mud.

Potter Wasp

A wasp that makes his nest in wood or cork, then covers the enterance with mud.