Ryan86
Arachnopeon
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- Mar 18, 2024
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How can you tell the difference between the two?Heterometrus silenus. Looks like an adult female as far as I'm able to tell.
The care requirements of any Heterometrus are pretty much the same, as they live in the same type of habitat, similar climates, just different areas. The link in my signature may help (possibly only visable on desktop version).
Does she look possibly gravid to you? She was housed with 6 others when I got her.The shape of the chelae and the granulation pattern on the carapace don't match H. longimanus. H. longimanus has more slender chelae, even females.
Both these characteristics are indicative of H. silenus. Also, I've never seen the brownish coloration on adult longimanus, but it's common in silenus.
I can tell it's adult because of the bulky chelae, and it is female because males of H. silenus specifically have an enlarged tooth on the movable finger of the chelae. This is absent in this individual.