Scorpion Picture Thread

[Nazgul]

Adult male Chaerilus variegatus:

Hi Oliver,

very nice. In which instar did he mature? His biggest siblings I´ve kept are just 5th instar. I´m only having one adult wc female left but she should give birth at least one more time. Luckily I´ve kept about 40 juveniles of 3 litters .

 

[fusion121]

Hi Oliver,

very nice. In which instar did he mature? His biggest siblings I´ve kept are just 5th instar. I´m only having one adult wc female left but she should give birth at least one more time. Luckily I´ve kept about 40 juveniles of 3 litters .

No idea on the instar...I just got him from George. I've also got another Chaerilus sp. you sent me but even after several moults its much smaller then this species. (I know you had Chaerilus form the Philippines and Borneo, have you IDed both of them?)

The life history of this family is allot like the buthids; fast growing and big broods. I think 40 of them will produce a seriously large population

 

[G. Carnell]

he should be 7th instar now


ps: how do you know its male? ;o

 

[fusion121]

ps: how do you know its male? ;o

My mistake , your right its female, the moveable finger is undented. I was thrown off by the bulky chela.

 

[G. Carnell]

heh, even weirder that the females mature supposedly faster than the males!
maybe its just a freak

 

[Nazgul]

No idea on the instar...I just got him from George. I've also got another Chaerilus sp. you sent me but even after several moults its much smaller then this species. (I know you had Chaerilus form the Philippines and Borneo, have you IDed both of them?)

The life history of this family is allot like the buthids; fast growing and big broods. I think 40 of them will produce a seriously large population

Hi,

so far I´ve had just one single C. celebensis from the Philippines which I killed for Prendini for dna sequencing a long time ago, those C. variegatus from Borneo and recently I got some C. rectimanus from George. The adult variegatus you got from George has been born 7/`05. Dates for the other offsprings are 2/`06 and 7/`06. You probably got some born 2/`06 from me but I can´t remember. C. variegatus is the only Chaerilus sp I´ve traded so far.

I don´t think at least the life history of C. variegatus is comparable to those of buthids. Gestation period takes about a year and all those I´ve kept from 7/`05 are 4th or 5th instar, the ones from 2/`06 are 3rd and the ones from 7/`06 still 2nd instar ecept for one which molted twice already. Your adult specimen may be just an exception? The litters are big though, always around 80 scorplings. The offspring size for C. rectimanus is a lot smaller (about 15 I guess, but they are still 1st instar) but the gestation period seems to be a lot shorter, too.

George´s right, if the specimen above is adult, it should be female. The males are having a little bit more "elongated" chelae (compared to the females´) and they are appearing more slender than the females. Here´s a pic for comparison, the one above is the male:

Comparing the size of the 5th instars to the adults´ size I expected them to molt more often than 6 times to maturity. The adults are pretty big, bigger than C. celebensis and much bigger than C. rectimanus.

 

[fusion121]

Hi,

so far I´ve had just one single C. celebensis from the Philippines which I killed for Prendini for dna sequencing a long time ago, those C. variegatus from Borneo and recently I got some C. rectimanus from George. The adult variegatus you got from George has been born 7/`05. Dates for the other offsprings are 2/`06 and 7/`06. You probably got some born 2/`06 from me but I can´t remember. C. variegatus is the only Chaerilus sp I´ve traded so far.

I don´t think at least the life history of C. variegatus is comparable to those of buthids. Gestation period takes about a year and all those I´ve kept from 7/`05 are 4th or 5th instar, the ones from 2/`06 are 3rd and the ones from 7/`06 still 2nd instar ecept for one which molted twice already. Your adult specimen may be just an exception? The litters are big though, always around 80 scorplings. The offspring size for C. rectimanus is a lot smaller (about 15 I guess, but they are still 1st instar) but the gestation period seems to be a lot shorter, too.

Hmm ok not so buthid like. I guess my smaller specimen must have quite a few instars left before maturity (probably from your 2/`06 brood), unfortunately I forgot to record how many times it has already moulted.

 

[fusion121]

A new scorpion I got today, sold as Hadruroides lunatus but I haven't even checked the sternum yet so no ID on the accuracy of the ID.

 

[ScorpDude]

A new scorpion I got today, sold as Hadruroides lunatus but I haven't even checked the sternum yet so no ID on the accuracy of the ID.

Ah so it was you who bought my hadruroides :evil:

Damn you! That was supposed to be mine

Only kidding, very nice specimen. I'll get some when he gets some more in I think

 

[Nikos]

how tender scorpions can be

H.swammerdami

 

[Nazgul]

Hi,

a few scorplings pics.

1.) Centruroides arctimanus

2.) Diplocentrus spitzeri

3.) Diplocentrus peloncillensis

 

[fusion121]

how tender scorpions can be

H.swammerdami

And people say romance is dead!

 

[Vixvy]

Some of my scorps and my mascot..

This are some of my humble scorps....

Dune scorp

Crassi jordan morph

V.spinigerus

Rhopalurus junceus

P.trans

P.liosoma

P.imperator

Deathstalker

I.macz

H.spinifer

H.H troops

H.laoticus

H.fulvipes

H.arizonensis

Emp conference

Euscorpius italicus

Crassi north african morph

Chaerilus celebensis

C.gracilis

C.exilicauda

some more of my pests..hehehe!
Orange head roaches platoon

More too come...hope you guys liked it!

 

[Gigas]

Nice collection Vixvy, thats the fattest tail i've seen on a P. trans before

 

[Vixvy]

tnxs gigus!

 

[telow]

its about that time again i guess

 

[G. Carnell]

;o lightmorph female eh? nice

 

[telow]

yeah they both are nice looking limbatus,
they bred twice now so the brood should be good sized,
the pics are a little dark because the lighting in that room sucks.

 

[Scorpfanatic]

hei vixvy, wats that sub you using to keep those desert scorpions? tyhey look moist to me! !!!! espacially the P.liosoma. with peat and climb??? hehe

 

[Scorpfanatic]

its been 1 yr 1 month since birth - fresh moult 7th instar Heterometrus

first of the 8 communel speciment, many more soon to come!