Buthus occitanus

[damoscorpio]

Hey all! i'm new here, browsed googled and this forum came up, so i signed up yeah. i have just one scorpion and its a Buthus occitanus named mitch (mitchel) i've had him since he was a baby and he's now a full grown adult at least i think so since he's almost 9cm big, i caught him in the wild. i haven't got any pictures of him yet. but will get some soon. if anyone has any tips bout keeping B. occitanus i'd appreciate it. i'm also gettin a new viv for mitch, a nice big glass one... about the substrate. before i have used earth from where i found him. but in the new viv, i planned on buying some desert sand... that a god idea? like i said, any advice would be grateful im looking at getting another scorpion. preferibaly a desert, since its real hot over here. i love the Israeli gold scorpion. any other suggestions.
cheers!

 

[Michael]

where did you cought your Buthus? Portugal i guess? If so, it would be Buthus ibericus. I've a key for Buthus ibericus: movable finger of pedipalps with basal lobe in male and female


Regards
Michael

 

[damoscorpio]

thanks for the correction. and all these years i thought it was a occitanus. how silly i feel. lol. i just checked out a care sheet about the ibericus. it says 6.5cm max?? this can't be right. mines almost 8...... and yeah i caught it here. a little baby.

Cheers

Damian

 

[Michael]

Hi,
You're welcome.
I keep also Buthus ibericus from Portugal, Moimenta da beira which is around the 7-8cm too. Size means nothing..

 

[damoscorpio]

measured him/er last night. 8.7. what are the main differences between the occitanus and the ibericus? both have the same requirements right?

 

[Michael]

Buthus ibericus is easy to seperate from B.occitanus. Buthus ibericus has a basal lobe(a little curve) in the movable finger of pedipalps in the male and female.

 

[damoscorpio]

ok. ill look for this little curve. have you got a picture so i could maybe use it to help distinguish? and for the requirements its the same as a occitanus?

 

[Michael]

PM me your email address and i'll send u a pdf file abouth the european Buthus fauna...

requirements are the same as for the European Buthus occitanus.

 

[P_e_a_R]

Hi.
Michael, can you give me too this pdf file?

tks!