Gromgrom's Scorpion Picture thread

[mma316]

Awesome C. sculpt colony. Great pics, man!

 

[Xanthopus]

Nice scorps! Haha the cite litrle guy on the adult tail was so cute haha! Great collection .

 

[gromgrom]

Nice scorps! Haha the cite litrle guy on the adult tail was so cute haha! Great collection .

I try to only post the most interesting pics in this topic, if possible, and it so happen the sculpts are goofy as can be.

 

[Xanthopus]

Baby scorps are cute haha. Very curious animals my baby scorps also walk aroun the entire tank on top of each other and on their mom before i seperate them lol.

 

[gromgrom]

Baby scorps are cute haha. Very curious animals my baby scorps also walk aroun the entire tank on top of each other and on their mom before i seperate them lol.

Yeah and its real cute when they get scared and run back to mommy. haha

 

[Xanthopus]

Haha yeah. Hey i missed ur picture of the LQ i cant believe it! What instar is it at now?

 

[gromgrom]

Haha yeah. Hey i missed ur picture of the LQ i cant believe it! What instar is it at now?

haha its a fast grower! its 4i now! molted a week or two in my care, then it took another month or so for 4i. I dont understand why people say its so hard to get them to molt. They must not be keeping them hot enough.

They truely are gorgeous at early instars, and mine is more skittish and ready to run than fight. I assume they get their balls around adulthood

 

[Xanthopus]

Cool, thats very fast growth! a few more molts and its an adult. Truly gorgeous when adults i must agree too.

 

[gromgrom]

Cool, thats very fast growth! a few more molts and its an adult. Truly gorgeous when adults i must agree too.

See I was never really into them until I got one myself. I personally like desert species much more than tropical, barring my Rhopalurus and C. gracilis.

They were like Tityus are this year, every new person wants to get their hands on them. I wonder what will be popular next year?

 

[2nscorpx]

See I was never really into them until I got one myself. I personally like desert species much more than tropical, barring my Rhopalurus and C. gracilis.

They were like Tityus are this year, every new person wants to get their hands on them. I wonder what will be popular next year?

I currently am more interested in tropical species, and, yes, Tityus and Rhopalurus are my "favorite" right now...and not everyone necessarily wants Tityus.

Maybe Lychas, Grosphus, Rhopalurus, and rarer Centruroides...I know someone who can get C. nitidus and C. arctimanus here in the U.S, not to mention many "rare" species.

 

[Xanthopus]

See I was never really into them until I got one myself. I personally like desert species much more than tropical, barring my Rhopalurus and C. gracilis.

They were like Tityus are this year, every new person wants to get their hands on them. I wonder what will be popular next year?

I want my hands on those LQs! Not literally of course. I dont know much about scorpion trends, but i only get those i like :}.

 

[gromgrom]

I want my hands on those LQs! Not literally of course. I dont know much about scorpion trends, but i only get those i like :}.

Ive got through alot of different species. I definitely love the Rhopalurus for their colors, communal behavior as adults (big factor), and especially when they hiss

I'm really into fattails/thicktails (androctonus/parabuthus). but what I'm really looking for are some Orthochirus sp. and Androctonus crassucaudia. Thinking of trading the last of my dubia for some of those...

 

[Xanthopus]

I too am looking for orthochirus. I alr have 1 PT in premolt and 4 AAs waiting for me to collect. Orthochirus are really great scorps, they are so small so they dont take up too much space. I also read that they are communal, is that true?

 

[gromgrom]

I too am looking for orthochirus. I alr have 1 PT in premolt and 4 AAs waiting for me to collect. Orthochirus are really great scorps, they are so small so they dont take up too much space. I also read that they are communal, is that true?

From what I've read online, and seen pics of, they are communal. (not sure about all of the genus... I've never kept them).

 

[Xanthopus]

Oh ok. I see some inessis comm together, really beautiful, they are very active at night, burrowing away. Seen vids of them, very interesting scorpions.

 

[gromgrom]

Oh ok. I see some inessis comm together, really beautiful, they are very active at night, burrowing away. Seen vids of them, very interesting scorpions.

Yeah, the exact reason I'm getting them is that they're interesting. Using their tail as antennae? I'm sold. I love unique species/genuses.

 

[GS]

Can't believe i missed this..
This is an awesome "picture gallery of scorpions" by itself
Keep up the good work mate!

 

[Xanthopus]

Using their tails as antennae? Not sure but they use their huge tails to dig, i love that they are so small and yet they have such a huge tail.

 

[gromgrom]

Using their tails as antennae? Not sure but they use their huge tails to dig, i love that they are so small and yet they have such a huge tail.

They wave them back and forth to "scan" their prey or other Orthochirus. Watch some videos on youtube, its really cool!

Can't believe i missed this..
This is an awesome "picture gallery of scorpions" by itself
Keep up the good work mate!

Thanks GS! I really enjoy these species! And as you can tell, some are pretty photogenic!

 

[Xanthopus]

Oh i see, really cool! I just asked my frend if he has any for sale, hope he does at a good price