My boring field trip...

[Australis]

Hi guys, I'm just back...dead tired, went jungle trekking for bark scorps in PJ.
I'm in M'sia.
Wat i found was this Hadogenes look a like species tat is fat, flat and tiny. Will post pix after i wake up later...I'm burnt out going up hill
Hope tat u guys can help me id it.

Also found this tiny bug that looks like a scorpion...claws and legs and body...only problem is that it don't have a tail or stinger at all. Its about 1cm only...Is tat a scorpion ? Will post u the pics too.

While digging around we found a kind of roach...4 inches long and 1.5inch broad...looks bulky. Burrows a lot and is damn fast to catch.

The best part was we saw a Scolopendra sp. tat I'm not sure what it is...i must say that its the most beautiful specimen of centipedes tat i've seen.
It has a black head and tail end but the body is bright red...stunning. I was gonna get it but thought again as the substrate was not encouraging...too much leaf litter, thorns and twigs plus that bugger was damn fast...

Ok...for now, I'm dead tired...cya later

 

[Paladin]

search psuedoscorpion

 

[Australis]

Ok...before i zzzz of...
Heres some pics i just took.

Same bugs...looks big...wait till u see the size...could be juvies but could be grown ups too as I'm not sure.

Its in cm like the ruler says...he is the biggest one among others

As for the tail-less bug...he looks like this ...

Compare the size...whoaa...but theres just tonnes of them everywhere

 

[Nikos]

the scorpion looks like a Liocheles sp. and the tiny ones are pseudoscorpions

 

[Australis]

Will this Liocheles sp. get any bigger than 2 cm ?

 

[Scorpfanatic]

hmmm no they can, thinh that could be the adult specimen, common in yrs and my country the smalll one is really interesting, didnt know you r going so soon wanted to give you some pointers? anyway that small scorpion looking bug is really really fuuny but very very very cute :clap: well done!

by the way where u stay? count me in thenext time hehehe

theese are the species in malaysia i didnt know you have L.mou there too heheh

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eycb/scorpions/AIMalaisie.htm

 

[Alakdan]

Will this Liocheles sp. get any bigger than 2 cm ?

Nope. That's the adult size. It looks like a Liocheles australasiae, nice communal scorp. They are non-aggressive, easy to feed, and breeds easily. I've successfully raised scorpling from my single specimen, all 14 survived. I wouldn't say you trip was boring, at least you found a scorp worth keeping.

With regards to pseudoscorpions, I'm not sure if you can keep them. They don't get any bigger. I also caught several last weekend, and I released them since I don't have any idea how to care for them.

 

[MattM]

What i've read is that those tail-less scorps are like one-day flies. Don't live that long, about a few days or so. Is that correct?

 

[Australis]

Nope. That's the adult size. It looks like a Liocheles australasiae, nice communal scorp. They are non-aggressive, easy to feed, and breeds easily. I've successfully raised scorpling from my single specimen, all 14 survived. I wouldn't say you trip was boring, at least you found a scorp worth keeping.

They are kinda fun...but i dun think its worth keeping them as they are so small. I dunno what to feed them with...ants ?
DO they drink water ?
Big scorpions are much easier to handle...these are toooooooo tiny.:wall:

 

[Scorpfanatic]

slowly you will realsie some scorpion species are small and interesting ~ and most VERY interesting speceis are not very big.. hehhe

 

[MattM]

*looks to the right at his Iomachus politus group*

 

[Scolopendra55]

Very nice!

 

[Alakdan]

They are kinda fun...but i dun think its worth keeping them as they are so small. I dunno what to feed them with...ants ?
DO they drink water ?
Big scorpions are much easier to handle...these are toooooooo tiny.:wall:

They are fun! They play dead when cornered. Once they get used to handling, I let my Liocheles run up my arm. I've never seen them try to sting or pinch me. Keep them the same way as spinifers, place a bark which would double as a climb and hide. Leave a shallow water dish with pebbles in it. You can feed them pre-killed crickets, cut it in half for the smaller ones. I also feed my small scorps termites, that is if you have access to a mound that is pesticide free. I don't recommend ants, they might fight back and injure your scorp.

They are one of my favorite specimens, plus the fact that they are listed as one of the parthenogenetic scorps. They can reproduce without a mate. They are easy to breed and raise. If you want to try breeding scorps, this is a good way to gain experience.

 

[Australis]

COunted 1 of them last night and two moulted...
I place them in a petri dish...and i wet the bark...i cant find a water dish thin enough not to drown them...they are just 3mm thick
Come to think of it 1 is already gravid...welli will keep them for the time beingand the next trip back, i willrelease them. Theres not a single ant or termite near where i come from and my parents will kill me if i brought those home...:?
The smallest crix is still 2 times larger than the biggest specimen i have...:?

 

[Nazgul]

What i've read is that those tail-less scorps are like one-day flies. Don't live that long, about a few days or so. Is that correct?

Hi,

no, they are usually living 2 - 3 years. There´s a book about the order comparable to the Polis for scorpions, it´s "Pseudoskorpione" by Weygoldt. It´s much thinner than the Polis though and it´s completely in German.

Pseudoscorpions are feeding of any invertebrate smaller than themselves. By the way, the venom glands are located on the movable finger of the pedipalps and the silk glands nearby the chelicerae.

Regards
Alex

 

[kahoy]

eh? so cross between scorps and spidey? i could find some in old books. they like silver fish and termites.

unfourtunately they die 3-5 days.

 

[Australis]

Oh oh...i just fed them to my Liocheles :8o
I tot that they could only stay alive for a few days...