Suggestion Needed

[johnny888]

I was on a expedition for some scorps but I end up being dissapointed because I realized that we have a severe liocheles austraelisae infestation and it seems like they're overcoming some of our native scorps.

Now, can anybody make a suggestion on how to control lio's propagation?


Here are some photos of my catch.

I caught some Isometrus Maculatus,Lychas Infuscatus and lots and lots of lio's to the point that I'm collecting them to serve as feeders for my big scorps...

The Plague

 

[Vfox]

You could always attempt to import them to the US so we can get a nice stable breeding population for collectors here. As for control that doesn't involve shipping dozens overseas, I wouldn't know where to start, do you think you could breed some of your larger native species and release them into areas with infestations of these smaller nuisance ones?

 

[emmille]

hi

nice johhnny.... i like your Lychas Infuscatus.

 

[tarsier]

L. australasiae are naturally found in the Philippines. I've seen them in Negros Occidental and here in Luzon.

 

[johnny888]

You could always attempt to import them to the US so we can get a nice stable breeding population for collectors here. As for control that doesn't involve shipping dozens overseas, I wouldn't know where to start, do you think you could breed some of your larger native species and release them into areas with infestations of these smaller nuisance ones?

How I wish I have the legal means to do that...hehehe as for your second suggestion...Hmmm...I was trying to consider that since I have a lot slings of longimanus but then I realized liocheles are arboreals and the big ones are mostly terrestial so it will not be a solution.

 

[johnny888]

@emille:Thank You.

@tarsier:You are right tarsier.you can find lio's everywhere but not these much.I can still remember before that the ratio of lychas to lios was probably 10:1 but with my recent observation the ratio of lios to lychas was 100:1.

 

[Alakdan]

@emille:Thank You.

@tarsier:You are right tarsier.you can find lio's everywhere but not these much.I can still remember before that the ratio of lychas to lios was probably 10:1 but with my recent observation the ratio of lios to lychas was 100:1.

Johhny,

L. australasiae thrive in damp environment, while L. infuscatus and I. maculatus prefer it a bit dry. I have a hunting spot where you can find L. infuscatus, C. celebensis, and L. waigiensis living within close proximity. I observed that if I collect from June to December, I will find celebensis and waigiensis a dime a dozen, zero infuscatus. But if I go hunting from February to May, I get infuscatus and waigiensis, zero celebensis. Where do they go? Most likely in their burrows. Wait til next summer.

Don't worry too much on the supposed australasiae invasion. They have a lot of natural predators.