Saw this over at pickledbushman.com:
Most Dangerous Comic!
I’m not an expert, but I think that scorpion was just for show… 
How easy is it to have a nice sting-proof pouch in the front of his pants?
IANAE, but that looks like a member of the scorpionadea, not the butidea. Its sting probably wouldn’t even hurt as much as a bee sting.