 It is a fossorial scorpion with relatively large, strong claws (pedipalps) and a short, thin tail.The native range of "E. flavicaudis" extends through Northwest Africa and Southern Europe, but it has also been accidentally introduced into the United Kingdom at Sheerness Dockyard on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.The introduction is thought to have taken place in the early 19th century via a shipment of Italian masonry.