Damon IDs?

[Odontodactylus]

Hi, I got 3 Tailless Whip Scorpions, they were sold as "african TWS" and list as Damon variegatus which I know would be too good to be true, but I bought them with the assumption they're probably D. Medius.

However I noticed in the bunch they look rather different from one another and since I don't know 100% if they're even D. medius I wanted to get an positive ID on all 3, they are pretty small (fully stretched out individually they fit in my palm). ATM they're kept separately until I find out more. I attached the images below. They were stubborn to get out of the containers/off wood and since they're very new I didn't want to disturb them too much, they arrived almost dead but are super active once I got them in a soaked environment. I will rip the bandaid off and mention they're WC, which I know is bad I couldn't find anything in the classifieds and the morph market listing didn't message back in over a week.

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ATM until I get confirmation they can be together, they're in very humid 32 oz deli cups split up, I'm keeping them like I keep my G. Grisea but really wet, i took the bark out to try and get photos.

 

[wizentrop]

They do look like D. medius to me...
Make sure they have some vertical surface to climb on.

 

[Odontodactylus]

Will do! probably going to house all 3 in an exo terra now that I feel more comfortable about the id.

They're still pretty young, leg span is palm of my hand, but going off of their arm length are all 3 females or is that something that I have to wait a certain instar for that dimorphism to show?

 

[Sarkhan42]

Will do! probably going to house all 3 in an exo terra now that I feel more comfortable about the id.

They're still pretty young, leg span is palm of my hand, but going off of their arm length are all 3 females or is that something that I have to wait a certain instar for that dimorphism to show?

I wouldn't go off pedipalp length until they're a more adult size, but you can easily sex them ventrally at this size. Females will have a clear patch of bright red hair at the genital operculum.

That being said, I also don't recommend to keep them communally at this size. This is close to where they'll become territorial and kill one another.