https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Gigantometrus_swammerdami Gigantometrus swammerdami - Revision history 2026-08-05T13:20:51Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Gigantometrus_swammerdami&diff=340226&oldid=prev Movebot at 17:46, 31 July 2022 2022-07-31T17:46:29Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:Giant forest scorpion.JPG|thumb|A giant forest scorpion from the [[Western Ghats]] in [[Karnataka]], [[India]]<br /> .]]<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Heterometrus swammerdami&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, commonly called the &#039;&#039;&#039;Giant Forest Scorpion&#039;&#039;&#039;, holds the record for being the world&#039;s largest [[scorpion]] [[species]].<br /> <br /> Its [[venom]] is not usually lethal to humans because it has arguably evolved to kill its prey by crushing it with its pincers and not by [[venom]]. The subspecies &#039;&#039;H. s. titanicus&#039;&#039; can be found in [[Sri Lanka]] and [[India]]. This giant forest scorpion has often been seen around tropical rainforests and other types of moderately warm climates.<br /> <br /> {{biology-stub}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:National symbols of India]]<br /> [[Category:Arachnids]]</div> Movebot