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So I went to the local pet store yesterday to pick some odds and ends bits... enclosure for my female Damon variegatus, cork bark, etc... and they had a new shipment of "Central American bark scorpions". All what appear to be 2nd instar.
At first sight I thought C. gracilis. After some research of early instar scorps, I see a variance in coloration on the pedipalps and was wondering if this was a regional difference. I know there are some actually from Central America, but also some from the states.
Here's the coloration difference:
The ones I picked up had pedipalp coloration just like the second image (red coloration on the last portion, as opposed to the whole arm). Also they had a pattern running down the carapace very similar to Uroplectes fischeri, only smaller in size. Really wish I had not left my camera at work yesterday.
I have never kept Centruroides before... kinda odd now that I think about it considering I live in an area flooded with C. hentzi... and was wondering if anyone noticed if this coloration difference varies between gracilis of North America and Central America.
At first sight I thought C. gracilis. After some research of early instar scorps, I see a variance in coloration on the pedipalps and was wondering if this was a regional difference. I know there are some actually from Central America, but also some from the states.
Here's the coloration difference:
The ones I picked up had pedipalp coloration just like the second image (red coloration on the last portion, as opposed to the whole arm). Also they had a pattern running down the carapace very similar to Uroplectes fischeri, only smaller in size. Really wish I had not left my camera at work yesterday.
I have never kept Centruroides before... kinda odd now that I think about it considering I live in an area flooded with C. hentzi... and was wondering if anyone noticed if this coloration difference varies between gracilis of North America and Central America.
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