Please Identify Me

[Frostbyte]

I bought this at a Reptile show .. is it a Tri-Color? its sooo small .. smaller than a dime . Sorry bout the crappy pic .. best I could get for her size

 

[TheWidowsPeak]

not dure but it does look like a tri color... what was it sold to you as

 

[nemesis6sic6]

yeah

I'm not sure but I belive they get to be 2.5"(at least the one I saw was this can any one tell me their maximum size) I really want a tri-color though. so any ways have a nice day
geo

 

[skinheaddave]

If you mean Opisthaphthalmus, they get to be a lot bigger than 2.5".

Cheers,
Dave

 

[XOskeletonRED]

The scorp in the pic, though obviously unclear, appears to be O. glabifrons with some highlights from a near UV bulb. If this scorpion is very prone to hissing, it's most likely, as stated. I'm not sure about the max size, but I have one gravid female which is nearing four inches, easily. If you wanted an inclusion of pedipalps, she's prolly pushing five inches. They are, by all means, not small. It was probably sold as Moz. Hissing Scorpion or something similar. Gravid females of this species are amongst the most elongated appearing scorps which are frequently avail in the trade (they often look like sausages with appendages *lol*).


adios,
edw.

 

[Frank]

I got 2 o. wahlbergii (named like that) that I tried to ID and they looks like o. glabrifrons, and they are exactly like this pic.

Edw, is this species easy to breed?

 

[XOskeletonRED]

They are more difficult to breed than any other scorpion species I have found because they cannot be kept together, even in pairs for any descent amount of time. They must be monitored constantly to make sure the female does not attempt to make a meal of the male (like many Tarantulas). If she is already gravid and you don't know, she will make that attempt very rapidly, in most cases. The larger scorp will usually begin a tail wagging process and the smaller will run. Most commonly, it is the male that runs (I have never witnessed a female run from a male because they were almost always the larger of the two).

adios,
edw.

 

[Frank]

Ok, thanks for the informations.

I'll still try to breed them. How long can it takes before scorps start mating (as soon as they're put together in front of each's other)?



Thanks, Frank

 

[XOskeletonRED]

They usually begin immediately after introduction to each other, but it takes them a while just to find each other (in my situation) because I use a very large tank for breeding them. Afterwards, I have been relocating them to their normal enclosures... five and ten gallon tanks.



adios,
edw.

 

[Frank]

Ok, is it like that that mating is working for all scorps or may it take some time?

I'll get a couple of heterometrus (don't know if they're spinifer or longimanus yet, I don't really care) this week, and I was thinking into puting the male in his tank and the female in her tank, then after 1-2 week (for acclimatisation) put them together, and they should mate "automaticly"? Then I would put the male back into his tank until she pops and the scorplings leaves the mother.


Thanks, Frank

 

[Kugellager]

You could just put them together from the start if they are of similar size as they are a nicely communal species and will share their burrows.

John
];')

 

[XOskeletonRED]

Like John said, the Heterometrus you intend to acquire are nicely communal. Some scorpions will begin breeding immediately upon introduction, but yes, occasionally it does take some time to get them to do anything (this, in my experience, usually includes Opistophthalmus scorpions, which is why I stated that they are more difficult to breed than most).


adios,
edw.

 

[Frank]

Okay thanks, finally they're h. longimanus, I'll go get them at the end of the week (wednesday-thursday).


Frank