One evening after dark, my wife wanted to go for a walk around the pool area on a trail that leads down to the beach. We get down to the last of the stone paved section, and in the beam of the flashlight, I see something well camouflaged move from under her foot - - - my first tailless whip scorpion! She decided she had seen enough at that point, so we start walking back up the trail towards the hotel, and and we see a young coral snake crossing the path in front of us.
That was the last walk she wanted to do with me after dark - - - but I was now on a new mission to photograph a tailless whip scorpion. I found a total of five different individuals on this trip, but was only able to photograph the one below. If you have never seen one before, check out this YouTube video, you will either be fascinated, frightened or both - - -
Tailless Whip Scorpion