Scorpion Picture Thread

[Nazgul]

Vaejovis vittatus with 1st Instars

 

[SOAD]

WOW! very impressitive alex! idon't remeber that i've seen this species in your gallery.....

 

[fusion121]

Centruroides griseus, 4th instar:

An adult Rhopalurus junceus that just moulted into a huge female:

 

[SOAD]

very nice griseus and junceus. i wish mine junceus were alived....

 

[David Burns]

Exacly how large is an adult female R.Junceus?

 

[JSN]

Vaejovis vittatus with 1st Instars

is this some sort of mutt? I've never heard of it before...

 

[Nazgul]

WOW! very impressitive alex! idon't remeber that i've seen this species in your gallery.....

Hi,

I haven´t updated my gallery for quite some time. Therefor my newly aquired species aren´t appearing there and some of the species are mislabeled (like C. arabicus for example which is actually C. werneri schmiedeknechti). The friend of mine who owns skorpione.de is going to sell the domain, I have to find another webspace first before putting afford into an updated version.

is this some sort of mutt? I've never heard of it before...

I´m sorry, what does mutt mean in this context? Couldn´t find a proper translation. Type locality for V. vittatus is San Miguel Comundú. Here´s a pic of the pair mating (not the best quality though).

Regards
Alex

 

[Bayushi]

Mutt is a term used when a species, usually a dog, has cross bred with another. ie a doberman/boxer cross would be a mutt since it is not a purebred...

 

[JSN]

yeah, is it like some vaejovis and a vittatus got together and created this species?...just curious...

 

[SOAD]

no way! vaejovis vitattus is a vaejovid and centruroides vitattus a buthid. it's very common the use of the same name for species of different genus... for exemple rhopalurus crassicauda and androctonus crassicauda... they are totally diferent species but they have the same name. there isn't way to imbridization between a buthid and a vaejovid.... its hard two imbredize to species of the same genus.... of different familys is impossible.

 

[JSN]

no way! vaejovis vitattus is a vaejovid and centruroides vitattus a buthid. it's very common the use of the same name for species of different genus... for exemple rhopalurus crassicauda and androctonus crassicauda... they are totally diferent species but they have the same name. there isn't way to imbridization between a buthid and a vaejovid.... its hard two imbredize to species of the same genus.... of different familys is impossible.

well I understand that its a vaejovid, becuase it looks like one, and also that the use of the same name for species of different genus happens, just curious was all, just never heard of the species before...

 

[JSN]

speaking of vaejovis...here's some wild caught V. spins I have...

the smaller one, I found it with the last two segments of his back legs missing, prossibly mycosis or from a battle with another scorp or something out in the wild, but ironically he is the more dominent one of the two...
the bigger one hogs plenty of food, haha, they are both extremely active, and turned the enclosure inside out to fit their needs...

bigger one...

 

[Nazgul]

Mutt is a term used when a species, usually a dog, has cross bred with another. ie a doberman/boxer cross would be a mutt since it is not a purebred...

Hi,

ok, thanks.

"vittatus" is a very common epitheton and means striped in the broader sense. Actually it´s meaning wearing or having a binder.

Regards
Alex

 

[SOAD]

evrything is understud now... but alex when will you update your web page?
its one of my favorites gallerys. so i can't wait to see more of your photos!!!!

 

[Ryan C.]

Another one of my B. jacksoni.

 

[Deolok]

Theres a pic of this already on the forum some where because I had a question, but I think ill keep it here as well. This is my male and female emp. The female is gravid and has buried herself into the side of the hide (which I removed out of curiosity) "Im sorry Maria, I had to see what you two were doing in there."

 

[Bigboy]

Androctonus bicolor

Adult Female

 

[Deolok]

lol, looks kinda gravid!

 

[tarsier]

a bunch of WC l.wagiensis we found yesterday. note that one is now lunch for a bigger specimen

 

[Crono]

Another Caraboctonus keyserlingi, with a penny to show size
(I had an off day with my cam, so this was the most in-focus pic)

Dave Mc