Centruroides exilicauda

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Arachnobaron
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does any one know how to sex these guys or have any pointers on how to figure out if its a male or female ?
 

Nungunugu

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The males have much longer metasoma segments. I made a comparison pic for C.nitidus. You can apply the same rule to C.sculpturatus (exilicauda)

 

AzJohn

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That's the best way to sex centruroides scorpions. Their is a good link in the commonly used thread index sticky.
 

jme

Arachnobaron
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ya thats what i thought, thats how i sexed the c. gracilis just wanted to make sure it was the same for the other centruroides out there

thanks :D
 
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