My Scorps

[Richard_uk]

Treated myself to a new digital camera yesterday, so i thought I wpuld share some pics of a few of my scorpions with you all!

Pandinus cavimanus

 

[Richard_uk]

Hadrurus arizonensis

 

[Richard_uk]

Iomachus politus (young)

 

[Richard_uk]

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[Richard_uk]

Hadogenes trogolodytes

 

[Richard_uk]

Vaejovis spinigerus

 

[Richard_uk]

Heterometrus sp.

Anyone got any ideas wich?

 

[Diao]

Heterometrus spinifer.


And I would kill for some cavimanus, I have the worst trouble finding this scorpion....

 

[skinheaddave]

Originally posted by Richard_uk
Heterometrus sp.

Anyone got any ideas wich?

Most likely H.spinifer or H.longimanus. Give me a closeup of the medial eyes and I'll give it a slightly more educated guess.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[Diao]

Don't the logimanus just have the enlogated chela?

 

[skinheaddave]

Diao,

The difference is less than noticable, especially given one angle. I think there are ratios given at the end of the Heterometrus key, but there are other more certain differences.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[scorpio]

Whats the difference betyween P. imperator and cavimanus?

The cavimanus you posted looks a ton like my emp, because of the reddish tinge on the chela. Nice scorps too.

 

[Mr. X]

The big difference is the shape and the red color of the claws. Also, they are a bit more aggressive.

Xavier

 

[Diao]

If you see a male cavimanus, you will know the difference. Pictures will rarely do this justice. The males have such huge chela, with large indintations in the upper corner. They are a red-orange in color, with brown mesosomas. They are obnoxiously agressive. My personal favorite scorpion.

 

[Richard_uk]

Scorpio,
P. cavimanus is a slihjtly smaller scorp and is a more brown colour. It is ferociously aggresive (mine is anyway!) Standing firm to confront anything in its way.

 

[Andrew]

Yah i have a p.cavimanus,its a total nut case its motre agressive than my desert hot I.E androctonus bicolor.parabuthis leiosoma and my hottentotta trilluneats. it crazy!!
Andrew

 

[Mr. X]

Hey richard, what happened next...after facing each other??

 

[Richard_uk]

As soon as the picture was taken, I had to throw my camera onto my bed and remove the emp as they just went beserk at each other!