How do you age an Emperor Scorpion?

[Anonymity82]

How can you tell the age of a Black Emperor? I also have a question about his telson; why would it be almost white? Any of the pics or vids I have seen the scorpions had a darker brown telson. Thanks for any help!

 

[Hendersoniana]

If im not wrong, White telson means its not fully adult and reddish brown telson means its a fully grown adult. Other than this i dun think u can get the exact age of an emp scorp just by looking at it, think u gotta keep track on ofs its molt since birth. Maybe u can est its instar by its size?

 

[Anonymity82]

This is my scorpion. I just realized he is dangerously close to the sink edge but fear not for he was there only shortly. I was wondering if anyone could give me a rough estimate of his age. The guy at the pet store was like "uhh... maybe two.." so I am not satisfied with his guess. Thanks!

 

[Hendersoniana]

Hmm this i can not help. If i were u ill just compare the size with other keepers and maybe, just maybe u can est the instar and the age with theirs.

 

[Anonymity82]

Ok thanks anyway. I still think he must be on the younger side due to his whitish telson and his smaller size. I know how to check for sex but I'm still not sure about that. I think he's a mail but he doesn't allow me too much time to look at his under belly.

 

[Michiel]

instar 5 or 6, unless you have gigantic or dwarf hands

 

[llamastick]

Looks like it has 2 molts to go.

 

[signinsimple]

Hendersoniana and the others got it. The white stinger means it's not an adult yet. So you have some growth to look forward to in your scorp.

 

[Anonymity82]

5 or 6 really? I would of thought much younger. I have seen many pics and they seem much larger not to mention the telson is so white. My hands are on the smaller side but not that small.