Parabuthus villosus, the black hairy thick-tailed scorpion, is a species of scorpion from southern Africa, where it ranges from the Northern Cape to Namibia.

It is the largest species of the Buthidae, measuring up to 18 cm,[1] and its diet may include lizards and mice.

[2] The species is often active at dawn and dusk, but takes refuge by day in a variety of shelters.

[1] It resembles Parabuthus transvaalicus, which is more strictly nocturnal, less hairy and with a more easterly distribution.

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