Is this a male imperator?

[gottacontra]

It was mentioned on another thread that Petco was selling imperators. I called my local Petco and sure enough, the had a couple of them. I tried to sex at the store and thought I had identified it as female. Which is what I want since I have a male. I get it home and it looks male. Thoughts?

 

[InvertAddiction]

The pectines of a males are larger and have 14 to 17 teeth. The pectines of females will have 14 to 16 teeth. For me, the image alone is too dark to get a count.

 

[InvertAddiction]

This should help you out to better determine

 

[gottacontra]

This should help you out to better determine

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Thanks, this is the exact photo I used in the store. I swear when I was in the store it looked female. Home and it looks male. I will try to get better photos.

 

[Galapoheros]

Looks female from here.

 

[beetleman]

yeah, that looks female to me

 

[gottacontra]

Ok, I've been trying to get decent photos of both imperators to sex them. Now I swear I think they're both female when I originally thought my first was male. My photo capabilities suck! But thought I'd share anyways and hope for the best. Any help in identifying the sex of these scorpions is much appreciated.

First photo is scorpion 1

second photo is scorpion 2

They are juveniles and are in a 10 gallon aquarium with different hides, etc. But they seem to be happier close to one another and burrowing near each other.

 

[Jose Rivera]

Put them in a clean deli cup. Then take a clear picture

 

[Galapoheros]

Oh they're juvs?, hard to tell when juvs.

 

[gottacontra]

Oh they're juvs?, hard to tell when juvs.

Yeah, they are. I think I’ll wait until after they both molt.