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A European yellow-tailed scorpion (euscorpius flavicaudis) colony has lived in the wall of Sheerness Dockyard for over 150 years and is now thought to number ten to fifteen thousand. They are small - adults are 35–45 mm (1.4–1.8 in) long, with a rarely used, very mild sting, said to be less than the sting of a wasp or bee. This colony is said to be the most northerly of scorpions outside of America.
See, amongst others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euscorpius_flavicaudis and http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/articles/2009/07/09/scorpion_sheerness_video_feature.shtml
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