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that can last for several minutes and sometimes an entire day or more. As part of this ritual the scorpions repeatedly raise and cross their tails, push and pull at one another, and then separate. Eventually, after a series of contractions, the male produces an off-white
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is a relatively large scorpion and grows up to 120 mm in length. It has a very showy coloration. Most of its body is yellowish in color, except for its blackish pincers, final tail segments,
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meaning "two colored" and refers to the markings of this species.
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16:Species of scorpion
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260:Description
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681:Categories
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385:References
358:C. bicolor
250:understory
243:C. bicolor
227:Costa Rica
116:Scorpiones
86:Arthropoda
291:Captivity
254:sea level
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106:Arachnida
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66:Eukaryota
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