#4396 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Common Yellow Scorpion
Buthus occitanus
🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in Europe, not in NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Javier A. Canteros · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Raphaël Grellety · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Philippe Geniez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Raphaël Grellety · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Raphaël Grellety · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Jean-Jacques Argoud · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © William PERRIN · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Raphaël Grellety · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Philippe Geniez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Marc · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Buthus occitanus , the common yellow scorpion , is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae. It occurs in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,685 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Pierre-Joseph Amoreux in 1789 (237 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Yellow Scorpion
- scientific name
- Buthus occitanus
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Scorpiones
- family
- Buthidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,633
- sightings worldwide
- 1,685
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1789 by Pierre-Joseph Amoreux
relatives· Buthidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 127312, Wikidata Q1402833, GBIF 4553865, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.