Hot weather = many moults...

[Scorpfanatic]

hi guys jus wana share, since yesterday i had moults from

I2 to I3 A.maur x 2
I4 to I5 A.bicolor x 1
I5 to I6 Mesobuthus Tamulus x 2
I6 to I7 Pandinus imperator female x 1
I5 to I6 Heterometraus spinifer x 1 (many waiting to moult !!)


wat im very supirse is , h.spinifer scorpings last moult to 5th instar was on 25th last month! thats faster then when they r from I3-I4 or even to I5 !!!!

anyway they have been feeding on worms like saugages ~ im not supirse!

 

[quiz]

how long was the molt of your A.bicolor from I4 to I5?

 

[Scorpfanatic]

hi quiz. i have 5 speciment which now 3 is in I5 and 1 I4ready to mout to I5.. and one slow groing one still fattening up in I4

heres the date for the 3 that has moultes

speciment 1-
moulted to I4 on 24/5/06
moulted to I5 on 9/7/06

speciment 2-
moulted to I4 on 25/5/06
moulted to I5 on 8/7/06

speciment 3-
moulted to I4 on 11/6/06
moulted to I5 on 26/7/06

 

[quiz]

hi quiz. i have 5 speciment which now 3 is in I5 and 1 I4ready to mout to I5.. and one slow groing one still fattening up in I4

heres the date for the 3 that has moultes

speciment 1-
moulted to I4 on 24/5/06
moulted to I5 on 9/7/06

speciment 2-
moulted to I4 on 25/5/06
moulted to I5 on 8/7/06

speciment 3-
moulted to I4 on 11/6/06
moulted to I5 on 26/7/06

nice, I guess I'll have to give my Andros time to molt into 5th instar.

 

[Scorpfanatic]

well i hopoe these infor helps ~

 

[Australis]

hi guys jus wana share, since yesterday i had moults from

I2 to I3 A.maur x 2
I4 to I5 A.bicolor x 1
I5 to I6 Mesobuthus Tamulus x 2
I6 to I7 Pandinus imperator female x 1
I5 to I6 Heterometraus spinifer x 1 (many waiting to moult !!)


wat im very supirse is , h.spinifer scorpings last moult to 5th instar was on 25th last month! thats faster then when they r from I3-I4 or even to I5 !!!!

anyway they have been feeding on worms like saugages ~ im not supirse!

Wow...urs actually take worms...my slings wont even look at those crawlies...

 

[Scorpfanatic]

ah... add in a few ~ they moult as i was feeding the rest! ~ hahaha im harvesting moults today man!

I2 to I3 Parabuthus Tranvaalicus x 1
I4 to I5 A.bicolor x 1 more!!!!

 

[Scorpfanatic]

quiz.. this speciment 4 is a lil funny

speciment 4-
moulted to I4 on 29/6/06
moulted to I5 on 26/7/06

only 33 days!

 

[Nikos]

I've also had some surpisingly fast molts too....

My Heterometrus sp molted twice in less than 2 months and what is even stranger 2 of my D.lindo molted twice (L4-L5) in one month!!! what is strange about this is they didn't molted for a period of 1 year and all of a sudden they molted 2 times in 1 month!

 

[Prymal]

Nikos,

D. lindo experience both, short and long molt periods. Typically, I4-I6 molts are of the shortest duration (depending on various factors), with early instars and later stages taking the longest.
I have 3 specimens that were born 10/X/2005 that have just molted to I4 this month, which is a surprisingly short period of time for this stage of development, which usually takes around 15-18 months (depending on various factors).
I also have a group of 11 D. peloncillensis I3 that last molted XI/2005 and show no signs of molting anytime soon!

 

[Scorpfanatic]

ill try to minitor and see if ite because its " this time of the year " wahahhaha