Scorpion Picture Thread

G. Carnell

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are you keeping them communaly??
nice pic, can see the long claws already
 

fusion121

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No, indivudually. They would almost certainly eat each other if kept together :( .
 

Christoph

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Tityus serrulatus 2.instar and Centruroides bicolor morph 2.instar


 

Nazgul

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Hi Christoph,

I´m pretty sure your species is not E. carparthicus as this species is endemic to the Carpathian Mountains in Romania. I bought some of these also labeled as E. carparthicus. They are most likely E. tergestinus. Therefor I labeled mine as Euscorpius cf tergestinus. At the current point of taxonomy in Euscorpius it´s very difficult to determine species without knowing the origin (at least in some species). Our species might come from former Yugoslavia but I´m not 100% sure about that. Here are some pics of my specimens: LINK
They are matching yours in morphology as far as one can tell by the pics, aren´t they?

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Alex
 

Christoph

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Hi Alex,
Yes I think also that we've the same species.
Thanks for help!
 

Nazgul

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Hi,

seems spring´s coming :) : Lychas mucronatus in action.

Regards
Alex
 
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Nazgul

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Hi Eric,

yes, after the male had laid the spermatophore he didn´t pull her over it but she crawled underneath him to take it up. Don´t know why, I´ve never observed such a behaviour. Also she started to eat the remains of the spermatophore afterwards but I disturbed her accidentally and she flew.

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Alex
 

Nikos

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Nazgul said:
Hi Eric,

yes, after the male had laid the spermatophore he didn´t pull her over it but she crawled underneath him to take it up. Don´t know why, I´ve never observed such a behaviour. Also she started to eat the remains of the spermatophore afterwards but I disturbed her accidentally and she flew.

Regards
Alex

good girl! ;)
 

fusion121

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Nazgul said:
Hi Eric,

yes, after the male had laid the spermatophore he didn´t pull her over it but she crawled underneath him to take it up. Don´t know why, I´ve never observed such a behaviour. Also she started to eat the remains of the spermatophore afterwards but I disturbed her accidentally and she flew.

Regards
Alex
Thats a really interesting observation Alex, I've never seen it reported in any of the behavioural papers about scorpion mating.
 

TheNothing

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never heard of that either...

Somebody was obviously ready and willing... not to mention impatient....
 
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