SCORPION RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET

2026: THIS PAGE IS NOW TOTALLY OUTDATED. I'M WORKING ON REMOVING ALL DEAD LINKS. I WILL CONSIDER REMOVING THE LINK PAGE IF THERE ARE NOT MANY GOOD AND UPDATED SCORPION PAGES OUT THERE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY PAGES THAT SHOULD BE LISTED HERE.

Here I'm trying to give you a collection of links to web pages with information about and/or pictures of scorpions. I will try to keep this links updated, but "rotten links" are a large problems on the net today, and I'm therefor grateful for information about links which are "out of order". Send error messages to: jan.rein@ntnu.no

In this main page, I will not try to list as many scorpion pages as possible, but only select high-quality web pages. A more extensive list of links can be found in the SCORPION LINKS - PART II )

More links will follow in the time to come ....

GENERAL PAGES:

Singapore Scorpion Page
A very informative scorpion page. A special section about Asian species. Made by Chua Kian Wee

Patrick's Scorpion Page
Great scorpion information by Patrick Bultel. The page is available in french, english, german and spanish!

Scorpion Systematics Research Group
A high-quality website conserning research on scorpion taxonomy. Hosted by the Scorpion Systematic Research Group at American Museum of Natural History.

The Spiral Burrow
A very informative page with a lot of stuff. Great pictures. A lot about Australian scorpions. Made by Mark Newton

Scorpions of South Africa
A very informative homepage about South-African scorpions with excellent photos . Made by Jonathan Leeming

Indian Scorpions
A blog with good information and excellent pictures of Indian scorpions. Made by Aamod Zambre.

Panarthropoda
German website with information and pictures. Made by a group of German enthusiasts

SCORPION MESSAGE BOARDS:

American Tarantula Society Scorpion Message Board

Arachnoboards' Scorpion Forum

Scorpion Forum

SCORPION CONTROL/SCORPIONS AS HOUSE PESTS:

Scorpion Sweepers
A company in Arizona (US) that specializes in removing scorpions from homes and properties without using chemicals.

Some advices from Responsible Pest Control Services

SPECIES/GENUS/FAMILY PAGES:

Pandinus.net
Scientific information about the genus Pandinus (Information about distribution and how to separate this genus from members of the genus Heterometrus and the members of the family Ischnuridae and much more). Made by Boris Stiffler.

SCORPIONISM:

Singapore Scorpion Page - Venom information
Made by Chua Kian Wee.

eMedicine on scorpion evenomations
Edited by David Cheng, MD.

SOCIETIES:

American Arachnological Society
Homepage of the American Arachnological Society with The Journal of Arachnology (partly available in fulltext).

British Arachnological Society
Homepage of the British Arachnological Society.

International Society of Arachnology
Homepage of the International Society of Arachnology

African Arachnological Society
Homepage of the African Arachnological Society (AFRAS)

American Tarantula Society
Homepage of the American Tarantula Society

British Tarantula Society
Homepage of the British Tarantula Society.

EQUIPMENTS FOR COLLECTING SCORPIONS:

The Scorpion Hunter
Sell LED technology based equipment for locating scorpions.

Blacklightworld
Sell all sorts of UV lamps. I can reccomed the 8 leds UV Headlamp, which I have used with great success.