smiittyy
Arachnosquire
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- Sep 8, 2015
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I recently commented on picture thread and informed the op that what he actually had was a B.gigas and not a B.jacksoni. He seemed to disagree.
Today i ordered a B.jacksoni 6i female to pair up with my male 5i B.jacksoni. He sent pictures of the specimens first and me being just a hobbyist and not a breeder my first conclusion was i must have been wrong on previous comments on the picture thread. That i was in fact confusing the two species. But after reading more today i dont think i had it wrong.
To me the main difference between the two species that is identifiable from pictures is the difference in the pedipalps. The pedipalps on the B.jacksoni are dark only on the chela and the contrast begins at the end of the chela. The dark abruptly ending and the orange/yellow begining. On the B.gigas the dark color extends throughout the entire chela/tibia and continues up the patella. Basically the entire pedipalp is dark colored. Am i confused on this? i know scorpions can be hard to identify.
This is a picture of the scorpion i bought today sold as a B.jacksoni. Is this a B.jacksoni?
Today i ordered a B.jacksoni 6i female to pair up with my male 5i B.jacksoni. He sent pictures of the specimens first and me being just a hobbyist and not a breeder my first conclusion was i must have been wrong on previous comments on the picture thread. That i was in fact confusing the two species. But after reading more today i dont think i had it wrong.
To me the main difference between the two species that is identifiable from pictures is the difference in the pedipalps. The pedipalps on the B.jacksoni are dark only on the chela and the contrast begins at the end of the chela. The dark abruptly ending and the orange/yellow begining. On the B.gigas the dark color extends throughout the entire chela/tibia and continues up the patella. Basically the entire pedipalp is dark colored. Am i confused on this? i know scorpions can be hard to identify.
This is a picture of the scorpion i bought today sold as a B.jacksoni. Is this a B.jacksoni?