Centruroides Thread

[fusion121]

But you have also a yellow limbatus, no ?

Yes I'm breeding to two, its just interesting that superficially they are nothing alike:
My breeding of C.limbatus again:

 

[Ythier]

These were labeled as C limbatus but they look more like gracilis to me. Any ideas?

Difficult to say (at least for me). If you could take a macro of the rows of granules on the fix finger...

 

[Ythier]

Yes I'm breeding to two, its just interesting that superficially they are nothing alike:
My breeding of C.limbatus again:

Yes I remember this great, funny and very interesting pic :clap:
Please let us know the colour of the young !
Greetings,
Eric

 

[fusion121]

In the case the male is quite a bit bigger then the female, which seems to be unusual in Centruroides.

 

[Ythier]

True...
Do you know if it's your male which is quite big, or your female which is quite little ?

 

[fusion121]

True...
Do you know if it's your male which is quite big, or your female which is quite little ?

I don't have other data on adults to compare against unfortunately

 

[Nazgul]

Hi,

a short note according the C. "bicolor": I think it´s best to call them Centruroides cf margaritatus. As Eric said it´s the species which fits most. The first males of my specimens molted to maturity. With the females I´m not sure although they are already bigger than the males (at least the ones which molted as often as the males). The males made some mating attempts also when I put them together. But I don´t think one of the couples mated successfully because I didn´t find a spermatophore. The only evident difference to C. margaritatus is the fact that the males are having much more bulbous chelae than the females. Probabely the females will molt one more time and will develope bulbous chelae as well.

Greetings
Alex

 

[SpaceHawk]

Ythier, you must have a really good camera, your pictures always look really good.

 

[Kugellager]

These are both the same female C.margaritatas. Not sure of the locale of origin. The red coloration in this colormorph was amazing.

John
];')

 

[Ythier]

Probabely the females will molt one more time and will develope bulbous chelae as well.
Greetings
Alex

I think, because usually the adult females margaritatus have quite big hands, no ? (at least compared to gracilis or others).
Btw Alex, what about your "C.sp.nigrimanus" ?
Thanks,
Eric

 

[Ythier]

These are both the same female C.margaritatas. Not sure of the locale of origin. The red coloration in this colormorph was amazing.
John
];')

Ok I didn't see the photo before replying, so the females margaritatus have definitely quite big hands !

 

[Ythier]

Ythier, you must have a really good camera, your pictures always look really good.

Thanks, but if you talk about the two macro pics (I think, because I don't think my other pics are good on this thread), I took them with a steromicroscope, not with my camera.
Greetings,
Eric

 

[SpaceHawk]

Still, all the pics I have seen of yours are very good. I need a new camera so I can take some pictures that are not blurry or too dark. My camera really stinks. :wall:

 

[Nikos]

I have found a site with info on the endemic to Costa Rica Centruroides spp.

The site is in Spanish so is anyone can speak Spanish, and has the time, can translate the taxonomic descriptions for us.

Here is the link:
http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubis/FMPro?

The info in there is by Carlos Viquez.

 

[smalltime]

You can also take his book Costa Rica Scorpions and read it there...same thing AND translated...

 

[Ythier]

It seems to be unfortunately out of print...

 

[smalltime]

It is surprisingly enough not very informative...no pectine, granule or whatever counts, mostly descriptions of colors, size, terra typica and locality. Nice pictures (most are on Scorpion Files though...) and a few local myths on scorpions.

BTW Eric, you can still visit your library....

 

[Nikos]

Here are some photos of an un-ID centruroides sp. from Honduras.
Any ideas?

I have the same photos in bigger format with more details in case that might help.
First there are 4 photos of a speciment that molted before 2 days.

By the way this one had it's aculeus broken and surpisingly I noticed that it's regenerating!! After the last molt he has a new one but noticably smaller than the original one, but it's a good start.

 

[Nikos]

Next 4 more photos of a speciment that molted about 10 days earlier than the previous one in order for you to see the change in coloration.

And last one photo of the exoskeletons side by side.
Any ideas?

 

[Michael]

Hi Vardoulas

I think Centruroides margaritatus, no?