Scorpion Picture Thread

[Nevada Geigle]

Those are cute little guys.

 

[Nevada Geigle]

One of my Androctonus bicolor enjoying some crickets.

 

[JoaN]

MM#0016!

 

[Nevada Geigle]

My Androctonus australis hector morph.

 

[JoaN]

MM#0017!

 

[Nevada Geigle]

My Parabuthus villosus Oranje after a molt today.

 

[JoaN]

MM#0018!

 

[Nevada Geigle]

My Centruroides sculpturatus "gertschi" enjoying a cricket.

 

[JoaN]

MM#0019!

 

[Shinn]

H. hottentotta finally hitting 5th instar after almost 275 days since the last molt and 49 days of fasting.

Still tiny though.

 

[JoaN]

Ambush & Pounce the Prey!

 

[Outpost31Survivor]

Mesobuthus gibbosus (Greece)
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Aegaeobuthus gibbosus

Beautiful I wished these were more frequently available on my side of the pond.

 

[JoaN]

MM#0020!

 

[Richard McJimsey]

Leiurus quinquestriatus

 

[Nevada Geigle]

My Buthacus leptochelys nitzani "Egyptian green scorpion".

 

[Nevada Geigle]

My Buthacus occidentalis "Egyptian Gold scorpion".

 

[Outpost31Survivor]

My Buthacus occidentalis "Egyptian Gold scorpion". View attachment 442009

That is a Buthus species.

Buthus species and immature Androctonus amoreuxi are commonly sold as Buthacus occidentalis (Egyptian Gold Scorpion) in the U.S.

First off, Buthacus occidentalis is endemic to Mauritania (northwest Africa) and do not inhabit Egypt (northeast Africa). Also B. occidentalis probably has been never been in the U.S. hobby.

Buyers beware: if you purchase a B. occidentalis in the U.S. you are really buying a Buthus sp. or a immature A. amoreuxi.


The real Buthacus occidentalis. Please note the smoothness of the carapace and mesosoma and lack of pigmentation (typical of Buthacus):

 

[Shinn]

After 171 days and 29 days of fasting my P. transvaalicus finally started molting.

 

[Nevada Geigle]

Parabuthus villosus oranje.

 

[bobbybrown9969]

3 days