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Yeah I forghot to post it here: It molted without problems. I am pretty confident, that it will make it to adulthood.

Out of the 12 Centruroides species I keep. The biggest is C.nigrescens. Small ones are C.arctimanus, C.meisei,... The biggest non Centuroid could be R.junceus or B.gigas. I don't know any bigger ones.

How big is it? It kinda looks like a juvenile.

C.nigrescens are awesome scorpions, but as far as I know, they are only available in Europe. For Centruroides they are huge. They are communal as juveniles and adults and very easy to care for. But I doubt you will find some in the USA.

C.vittatus or of course C.meisei (small, very colorful, and extremely active also often during the day)

When they are born --> 1.instar Each molt counts one instar. Can you count differently? I raised transvaalicus and villosus to adulthood and both of them were 8.instar. But as far as I know there are also some females which reach maturity in 7.instar.

You're telling me! I managed to get from 1 scorpion to now ower 400 (35 species) in 3 jears. And they are just starting to breed! :) So I can say it's definitely an addiction. lol

Hey guys, some new pics of new species: 1.0 P.pallidus adult 0.1 P.pallidus 6.instar T.zulianus 2.instar T.nematochirus 2.instar T.trivittatus C.nigrescens 1.1 B.gigas

There definitely are 8instar scorpions. Like a lot of Parabuthus females (transvaalicus, villosus), or some Androctonus females. And also some of the big Centruroides can get to I8. But yeah Centruroides mostly only do 6-7 Molts.

Congrats! But the C.bicolor is actually a C.margaritatus

The males have much longer metasoma segments. I made a comparison pic for C.nitidus. You can apply the same rule to C.sculpturatus (exilicauda)

Enjoy: C.meisei brood Nr.8, pretty small, but I already have about 60 juveniles. :D The male couldn't wait: C.nigrescens 1.instar C.nigrescens 2.instar C.nitidus 1.+2.instar H.caboverdensis molting into Instar 5

The pics arent too good but I would say male

As far as I know no scorpions hunt together. I watched some of my centruroides scorplings sting together in the same cricket, but that was probably because both of them wanted to kill the cricket at the same time. Later they fought about the cricket.

The best is to keep them at ca. 30-32°C. And spray one corner moist every week. You kept them too dry. When they are at this instars they always need a bit water and a higher humidity. Adults are a lot more resistant and can be kept quite dry.

sweet dude! But I would also say it's a C.margaritatus. They are often believed to be C.bicolor. But in comparison to my C.bicolor I see some pretty obvious differences in the coloring ant the body shape (too thick chelae, and too short metasomial segments)

What instar is it? My female finally molted to adulthood, now I just have to wait for the male.

@ rd_07 I think your C.bicolor is a C.margaritatus. Could I be right?

I'm keeping both of them, and I'm trying to breed them. To bad I'm not living in the US. C.nigrescens are at the Moment almost impossible to get. I know (including me) of only 4 guys keeping this species.

I would also say it's T.serrulatus. Brazils most venomous scorpion.