Hello all,
I'm new to Arachnoboards but was recommended to post here when asking on r/vinegaroons.
I got a female (I think) vinegaroon as part of a local invert trade. She was in a tiny Critter Keeper with nothing but dirt and a single cork bark hide. NOW, she is in a bioactive (temperate springtails and dwarf white isopods) XL Faunarium with 3 hides, a water dish with stones, plenty of healthy substrate, and leaf litter. I'll include a photo I took when I first set it up - note that the photo only has 2 hides but again, a third has been added. She no longer paces and actually spends time in various places, hanging out and eating AMAZINGLY. She is under a year old.
I was able to use scientific journals to find diagrams on the difference between the sexes in Mastigoproctus sp. and compared the size of her pedipalps to the size of her antenniform legs to determine that she's likely female. I did contact the person I got her from to ask questions, he got her from someone else who likely wild caught her and all he really knows is that she is Mastigoproctus sp. I think that she is likely either Mastigoproctus giganteus, but could potentially be Mastigoproctus scabrosus. I know that it can be difficult to differentiate between the different species, but I wanted to get as many opinions as possible.
TIA!
I'm new to Arachnoboards but was recommended to post here when asking on r/vinegaroons.
I got a female (I think) vinegaroon as part of a local invert trade. She was in a tiny Critter Keeper with nothing but dirt and a single cork bark hide. NOW, she is in a bioactive (temperate springtails and dwarf white isopods) XL Faunarium with 3 hides, a water dish with stones, plenty of healthy substrate, and leaf litter. I'll include a photo I took when I first set it up - note that the photo only has 2 hides but again, a third has been added. She no longer paces and actually spends time in various places, hanging out and eating AMAZINGLY. She is under a year old.
I was able to use scientific journals to find diagrams on the difference between the sexes in Mastigoproctus sp. and compared the size of her pedipalps to the size of her antenniform legs to determine that she's likely female. I did contact the person I got her from to ask questions, he got her from someone else who likely wild caught her and all he really knows is that she is Mastigoproctus sp. I think that she is likely either Mastigoproctus giganteus, but could potentially be Mastigoproctus scabrosus. I know that it can be difficult to differentiate between the different species, but I wanted to get as many opinions as possible.
TIA!
Hopefully an expert can help you.