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Yes, that was me... I dont think it will largely be due to diurnal activity, although, some exposure to foraging diurnal predators may have an influence. White, reflective babies will stand out at night to many nocturnal predators as their light collecting abilities are quite good, those with...

Sclerotisation is the process off hardening or tanning of the cuticle. Areas such as the pleural membranes are not sclerotised, the hard protective bits are.

The answer is very simple. Scorpions that are born pure white will be that colour due to a lack of natural selection for pigment, whereas those with pigment have been selected for.... Why? Those white babies will belong to species that undertake parturition and maternal care down in burrows and...

This little Australian rock species Lychas truncatus has started having young, looks like shes got quite a few more tucked away. How orange are the kids?!!!! This species does well in a very dry environment.

Interesting info folks.....I wonder how they are coping in the wild with so many being taken. They would have quite a generation time I'd guess.

Thanks Dave I dont think we disagree at all, in fact we seem to be on exactly the same page. One of the reasons I said the relationship between a venoms pain and killing efficacy is an obscure one. I also said there 'might' be a relationship between the two and maybe in some cases there is...

I see, so its really about ease of availability. Are these emps w/c or captive bred?

I think this forum should have been called 'The Emperor Forum". I have counted I think 12 posts on this page out of about 25 that are to do with Pandinus emperator. I feel I must be in the vast minority. I have a deep fascination with scorpions, one that goes back to early teens and find all...

Thats right, that's why I used the example of the rock space scorpion. Due to living in tight spaces it really cant effectively used its telson while in a cramped space and so the rear end of the scorpion has gradually taken a back seat you might say. As a result of this morphology it has a very...

Yes, 'choose' is a bad word, I'll definitely change that. Of course I meant it loosely, thinking that the reader would know what I mean. However, I stick by my logic, in that, the way in which an animal lives will be reflected in its morphology and I think this is clear in scorpions. I'm a...

Thankyou...I entirely agree, its an argument based on observation and opinion, never meant to be based on analysis of date.....just as is the popular misconception....opinion without substantive data, this is a different potential viewpoint, written to hopefully possibly expand thinking. It's up...

NO...I havent discussed it with professionals, if I wished to take it farther and publish something based around it I would.

Just to make people aware.....this article is aimed at the general public and is not in any way meant to be looked at as a scientific presentation. It is an opinion based, general article only, designed to get people thinking outside the box. It is not intended to cover all morphologies either...

Thanks Dave, for making some very good points....

I have put together an article discussing the relationships between morphology, general venom toxicity and predation strategies. I dont believe that scorpions with small hands and big tails are highly toxic as a result of the need to envenomate their prey and my article discusses this...

Scorpions can be drowned for hours and still revive. I had one that I felt sure was dead, until I dropped it in alcohol...erm, it sort of came alive really quickly. I washed it off and it survived, some of them are great at feigning death.

I think rubbing two hands together would generate more heat than 4 watts.

It's not such a matter of position, but recognising the inflation of the mesosoma prior to ecdysis. The mesosoma becomes elongated or distended where the body plates (sternites and tergites) separate to reveal membrane. Basically, when they look like balloons they are nearing ecdysis.

I love these tricarinate species, why dont we have any in Oz?? I dunno! I can't answer your question, as I dont have access to scorpions from outside of Australia, however, I might be able to help based on experience. I would be assuming a GP of 3-4 months. Separate them at 2I after they...

I was probably many kilometres away camped in some inhospitable desert hothouse...darn...wish I was there now...LOL somewhere like here..arid, desolate, harsh, somewhere PEOPLE dont like to go...and that means I DO. I tend to think you might have Urodacus elongatus as...