Tommy the feeder cricket
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I would keep my eye out and look to see if anyone was selling one near me. I've saved up some money and I was looking to buy a tailless whip scorpion after quarantine.In most cases it is difficult to identify Heterophrynus to the species level based on a single photo without any info on locality.
Out of curiosity - if you had the species ID, what would you do with this information?
I see. Thanks for responding honestly to my weird question. If that's the case, I would suggest keeping your eyes open for any H. batesii being offered. This is currently one of the only species in breeding, and it does very well in captivity under the right conditions. It might not have the red legs, but even the colors in the whip spider in the above photo are temporary because it is freshly molted, so the bright red won't last more than a week or two.I would keep my eye out and look to see if anyone was selling one near me. I've saved up some money and I was looking to buy a tailless whip scorpion after quarantine.
I'll have to take a look at those that you mentioned. I'm very surprised that those colors were so Vivid due to recent molting. I will try not to buy any wild caught. thank you for telling me about their issues with being wild caughtI see. Thanks for responding honestly to my weird question. If that's the case, I would suggest keeping your eyes open for any H. batesii being offered. This is currently one of the only species in breeding, and it does very well in captivity under the right conditions. It might not have the red legs, but even the colors in the whip spider in the above photo are temporary because it is freshly molted, so the bright red won't last more than a week or two.
Other species pop up in the hobby from time to time, usually H. elaphus or H. longicornis, but I have not heard of any breeding yet.
I would highly suggest against getting ANY wild caught Heterophrynus. Not only the majority of them are obtained illegally, but they also often arrive stressed and in poor health. Sometimes missing both whips and several walking legs. Those animals usually don't acclimate well to common captive conditions and die without breeding.