Show Caption Emporer Scorpions (Pandinus imperator) are from West Africa. They live and thrive in hot, humid regions. Not aggressive. Sting hurts, but venom is generally harmless. A lot of people keep them as 'pets.' Birdeater tarantula spider Brachypelma smithi in natural forest environment. Bright orange colourful giant arachnid. Desert Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis). This Chilean Rose Tarantula is letting us know it is not happy by rearing up. 'Aggressive scorpion (Parabuthus spp.), Kalahari desert, South Africa' A female black widow spider (Latrodectus), hanging upside-down in her web, showing the red hourglass marking. Brazilian giant white knee tarantula spider (Acanthoscurria geniculata ) on white background cockroach on the wooden floor 'Deadly poisonous Australian Redback Spider, Black Widow, Latrodectus hasselti, bites can be deadly' Mexican redknee tarantula (Brachypelma smithi), female Cockroach, winged adult close up of a top viewed scorpion on an isolated white background..General Photography collection.. The German cockroach (Blattella germanica)