Scorpion Picture Thread

[smalltime]

Bioculus caboensis???
Where the hell did you get that from Shaun? Never seen that before.... :clap: :}

 

[VeNoMaTe]

Beautiful , they come from Jeff, no ?
Greetings,
Eric

Yep I was lucky enough to buy a fair bit of stuff from Jeff last month , was a great way to get back into scorpions after a break from keeping them. I have got the bug again and want to build my collection back up.

Shaun

 

[errit]

Bioculus caboensis???
Where the hell did you get that from Shaun? Never seen that before.... :clap: :}

Yeah,
I never heard of that name before.
You have some awesome and rare species there man. I just can't get enough of the parabuthus sp.
Oh, and how large is the P. Villosus?
The P. Namibiensis looks a lot like A. Hoggarensis.

 

[Ythier]

Yep I was lucky enough to buy a fair bit of stuff from Jeff last month , was a great way to get back into scorpions after a break from keeping them. I have got the bug again and want to build my collection back up.

Shaun

You was more lucky than me, I asked him for these two Parabuthus + the Bioculus, but unfortunately he didn't want (and I understand him) to post them for France
Greetings,
Eric

 

[G. Carnell]

hehe i asked for the bioculus too, but couldnt pick them up =D

i think you should post more pix of them

 

[VeNoMaTe]

Must have been some kind of divine sign or something that I must buy new scorpions, I had only just moved when I found they were up for grabs, turned out he lived just down the road from me otherwise I would not have been able to pick them up.
The P.villosus is about 3-4 inches long just need to find some more for breeding.
One of the Bioculus shed so will try get some new pictures when I get home.

Shaun

 

[fusion121]

I think everyone wanted these species, me included . Still I'm happy with the O.rugiceps, its been ages since I had a scorpion I cold safely hold.

 

[errit]

3/4 inches, i thought P. villosus was the largest buthid.

 

[G. Carnell]

maybe it isnt adult..

 

[Ythier]

The P.villosus is about 3-4 inches long just need to find some more for breeding.

I've also a young villosus (also 3-4 inches), don't know the sex yet...

 

[errit]

maybe it isnt adult..

Yeah Maybe, but it did look like an adult.

 

[VeNoMaTe]

The P.villosus could be bigger, not seen it today and I am really bad at guestimating sizes :8o

Shaun

A before and after shed photos of the Bioculus.

 

[G. Carnell]

where the hell is bioculus from?

the prosoma looks diplo-like, nice pics

 

[423]

where the hell is bioculus from?

the prosoma looks diplo-like, nice pics

According to this page they come from North America, Canada or Mexico. http://online.sfsu.edu/~williams/scorpions/nascorplst.htm
Mexico would be my opinion from my google search

 

[fusion121]

The P.villosus could be bigger, not seen it today and I am really bad at guestimating sizes :8o

Shaun

A before and after shed photos of the Bioculus.

Great looking scorpion, do you have a breeding pair?

 

[VeNoMaTe]

where the hell is bioculus from?

the prosoma looks diplo-like, nice pics

I was led to belive they come from Mexico, but having real problems find any good information on them.

It would be nice to have a pair but dont think I am going to get that lucky, I am guessing the shed one is male and will check the other when its has shed as well.

Shaun

 

[fusion121]

Freshly moulted O.rugiceps:

 

[G. Carnell]

nice,
which instar are they?
still babies or subadult?
freshly moulted scorp = the best
one of my grosphus is 5th inst also!

 

[fusion121]

nice,
which instar are they?
still babies or subadult?
freshly moulted scorp = the best
one of my grosphus is 5th inst also!

They are sub-adults, probably about 5th instar, and freshly moulted scorpions always look nice (except when they are being eaten by a cage-mate)

 

[redhourglass]

Hello Shaun,

Great to see you hook up with Jeff. A great guy with great contacts. I went through him to get a certain book not available in the states at the time of distribution. At any rate, I remember him having an Bioculus years ago and am surprised it is alive still if it is indeed the same individual(s).

George, Bioculus are in deed of the previous family Diplocentridae and from Baja Mexico, Mexico. The key to remember of this genus is that they two lateral eyes per side of carapace unlike three. There are some problems, noted within literature, of the generic placement of Bioculus and Didmymocentrus.

Good luck Shaun,

Cheers.

Sinc. Chad

I was led to belive they come from Mexico, but having real problems find any good information on them.

It would be nice to have a pair but dont think I am going to get that lucky, I am guessing the shed one is male and will check the other when its has shed as well.

Shaun