Hi! Long time reptile and tarantula keeper, first time scorpion keeper. I went to Repticon knowing I wanted an Asian Forest Scorpion. Really I wanted an Emperor but didn't see a huge difference in them other than their price tag. Found a few on different tables and went with the guy I typically only get spiders from. He gave me his best guess on sex, stating female and probably gravid. She was listed as an ASF and that was good enough for me. I didn't realize there were sub species. I thought H. spinifer was literally the only one. Now I'm curious what type she is. Thoughts? If the pictures don't work, I'll try to get some more while she's out roaming. Also, if she is actually a he, I'd like to know. My husband has dubbed her Princess Pinchypoke (he has the most ridiculous names for my tarantulas, too, but I love him). He's happy to change the name to something equally as ridiculous if the scorpion is a male. Thanks for reading!
Help Identifying Hererometrus
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This thread should help you out.
Frustration with Heterometrus revision for ID purposes, and question about juvenlie ID
Hi, all. I now own four (I promise I didn't *mean* to buy this little juvenile guy...it just happened, lol) AFS's. I recently posted pics of my adult male, but will repost those here in hopes that you Heterometrus experts will help. I'm a biologist, so I feel pretty comfortable with dichotomous...
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This appears to be a Heterometrus silenus female, however a underside image would help with sexing.
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This looks female as the pectine "feathers" are fairly short and the operculum shape.
Thank you. That's my guess but depending on the species of AFS it could go either way. I'm onf the split means male. In another the split with the little gap at the base means female. Another is all about the 'feather' direction or length. It's super confusing. Thanks for taking a look. Still think H. silenus?
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I am pretty sure its H.silenus (the edge granulation on the tergites and carapace, dark telson, chela shape, overall color).
Thank you! Got a couple more pictures last night. Looks solidly female from these.
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This is an image I made to describe how I identified your scorpion.
VERY helpful. Thank you so much.