I am currently in Matamoros, Mexico. Right below Texas, I found it behind a piece of bark attached to a tree.
Found it in Mexico if I wasn't specific enough. Right below Texas like I said.
Thanks a lot Schmiggle, I'll look em up and hopefully be able to keep it. So far it's been doing good and have done most of the things I've found. You're welcome to throw in any care tips if you feel like it. Thanks once again.
Don't know any care particulars for whatever this species is, amblypygi generally like it room temperature (not below seventy, not above ninety) with high humidity. If it's a desert species I imagine it's a little more tolerant of temperature and humidity swings, but I wouldn't push it. Don't worry too much about it not eating--it may just be settling in, or it may not be hungry. These can go for at least two months without food, if I'm not mistaken. Make sure it has some sort of vertical or elevated horizontal surface to molt from.
Thanks for the tips. I placed it in a fairly large plastic container and added pieces of bark there for it to hide in. They are not completely vertical which I hope is alright, but they are pretty elevated. I misted it about three times and added another roach. I hope to see at least one of the three gone by the time I see it again. Also, I just want to know if they might be communal. I've seen more of these but never really captured one. I'd like to have more if I'm able to keep this one, preferably in one container to save space. Although separating them won't hurt.
I've never kept that species, but I do have a trio of Paraphrynus mexicanus that I've been keeping communally for the past year and a half or so and they're doing fine. They have a big piece of cholla wood that they hide inside during the daytime and several slabs of cork slanted against the walls. I have a dirt/sand/coconut fiber mix for substrate (mostly dirt/sand) and mist them 2-3 times a week. They're in a tall screen-top glass tank so they have plenty of ventilation. They are a desert species, so don't require high humidity. (We do have a small humidifier in our invert room that keeps the ambient humidity slightly elevated.) I give 'em small crickets about once a week.
Thanks for the info. When I have time, I'll look for more and see if I can house them together. I don't have anything to use as substrate and don't know if I can. I give them roaches and they tend to bury into it. Doubt they'll eat if they don't even come out of the substrate. If I catch more, I'll be sure to upgrade to a bigger plastic enclosure. I also switched the small pieces of bark to two large ones, hopefully I can keep more like that. And would you know if there's any advantage to feeding them crickets over roaches?
Thanks for the help. I don't have any crickets to give them, I usually give it roaches that I'm attempting to breed. They seem to be a bit bigger than the head tho. I'll be sure to give it smaller ones.
They don't burrow! The crickets will climb right up to the whipspiders.
Haha, don't know how I didn't realize. I'll buy some substrate then since it helps keep humidity up. I'll probably have to switch the diet of all of my pets tho, hope they don't mind. I've also been thinking that since crickets are softer, they'll be easier to eat and digest, not too sure though. Thanks!
The biggest issue you can run into with crickets is that they'll munch on molting arachnids. Yours looks pretty old so it'll likely be a while before it molts, but it's worth keeping in mind. Once yours is settled and starts eating you'll be able to figure out the prey type it prefers and the size it's most comfortable with. I have all my amblypygids eating roaches, but the prey size varies. My Phrynus sp. Panama like prey about the size of the head, while my Damon diadema prefer food the size of their whole body. My old male D. diadema reluctantly ate most roaches and crickets, but as soon as I dropped an adult male red runner roach in his enclosure he'd be on it right as soon as it hit the ground.
That I wouldn't know, sorry. They're a pest in my house and my grandmother tends to kill them. To avoid that, I usually capture them and keep them. I really haven't done much research on them, but as far as I've seen, they resemble the Florida Bark Scorpion a lot. If I find any info on them, I'll be happy to tell.
You're finding those in/near Brownsville? The smaller one is interesting, I think it's still a Centruroides sling, but something about it is throwing me for whatever reason. If you keep them like C. gracilis I'm sure they'll be happy.
Weird enough, i am finding them near Brownsville. Matamoros, Tamaulipas in Mexico to be exact. It actually has a little story behind it. So some neighbors that moved in next to us brought, easily, over a ton of shells. Like, a huge stack. Ever since they brought to our little neighborhood, a lot of scorpions have been popping up. I think they came in the shells, most likely from Florida. They really haven't left and just keep reproducing and have stayed here since. They have also become a pest like i said. And in case that's throwing you off, i think it is because it might be another species. I've found black/ brown scorpions like the one i posted. But also, I've been finding more yellowish Scorpions that are much slender and faster. I haven't really tried to keep those since I've never been able to feed one. I still have no idea what species exactly these yellow ones are. But if you have anymore questions, I'll be happy to answer.
Very interested... If they are gracilis, I really hope they don't become established and drive out other species. Get a pic of the yellow one next time you capture one.
Yellows ones aren't as common, but I'll try my best to show. I'll upload a pic of it on a new thread like you suggested on the scorpion section. And I think they might have already driven off some species.. There's much less anoles now than before, not to say that the scorpions have eaten them all, but I've seen a few scorpions eating baby anoles.Something about the abdomen/overall coloration throws me off on the last scorpling. The other scorpion sure looks like a C. gracilis.
Very interested... If they are gracilis, I really hope they don't become established and drive out other species. Get a pic of the yellow one next time you capture one.
Perhaps you can move over the scorpion stuff on this thread to a new thread in the 'scorpions' section?