Scorpion Picture Thread

[Christoph]

Wow Alex,
This pics are great :worship:

 

[Nazgul]

Thanks, guys. Although, to be honest, the mating pics aren´t of best quality. But I didn´t want to disturb them too much.

Another springtime pic, C. vittatus. By the way, the male is instar VI and the female instar VII, wich could mean the staement made in this thread might be wrong.

Regards
Alex

 

[Michael]

Lovley Centruroides vittatus

 

[fusion121]

Beautiful species.

 

[Ythier]

Wonderful pics Alex.
Mmm...these Orthochirus :} :}

 

[redhourglass]

Hello.

Shot this photo a couple weeks ago while going through a series of vials of Paruroctonus and other vaejovids.

 

[G. Carnell]

nice
is that your longiuingis or however you spell it!?

 

[Christoph]

Hey,
Tityus serrulatus freshly molted and Rhopalurus junceus

 

[G. Carnell]

lovely,
do you by any chance have any moult data of Tityus species?
how fast do they grow in later moults?

here is a T.paraensis 4th instar (only just over a month old i think)

 

[Nazgul]

Hi,

here are the moltuing dates of two T. falconensis females which I got in instar II (most likely):
1.) 05.06.`04
2.) 04.07.`04
3.) 28.08.`04
4.) 09.11.`04

1.) 05.06.`04
2.) 11.07.`04
3.) 03.09.`04
4.) 05.01.`05
They were born 4/`04 and gave birth 14.03.`05 and 22.03.`05.

Regards
Alex

 

[G. Carnell]

Thanks Alex
so basically 1 month for the lower instars, and 2+ for the last ones

 

[fusion121]

I think its quite variable between species, my 4th instar Tityus serrulatus have been at 4th instar for about 2 1/2 months. The Lourenco paper on scorpion reproduction gives times to, maturity for Tityus species varying between 10 months to 2 years. The paper says T.paraensis should take 10-12 months to reach maturity.

 

[Nazgul]

Hi,

not to mention that the growth rate depends significantly on the temperatures and the amount of food which is offered.

You can raise for example C. gracilis to adulthood in about 6 months if you are keeping them really hot and humid. Just a few degrees cooler in average and it takes about 2 or 3 months longer.

Regards
Alex

 

[Raan_Jodus]

Hmmm, as for my statements about Vittatus molts, when I assumed they were all done, are there instances where the female only molts to 6? You now have me wondering if my female is gravid or actually readying to molt again. Pretty sure I saw embryos though. Grrr I"ll have to get pics.

 

[Brian S]

I decided to get my big blacks out for a photo shoot this evening.

Heterometrus spinifer (Asian Forest Scorpion)




Pandinus imperator (Emperor Scorpion)

This gives you a general idea of how big it is.

 

[G. Carnell]

VERY nice Het
i think its H.laoticus though (it comes from the same locale)
H.spinifer is generally more elongate, and spiny

 

[fusion121]

New species, 2nd instar Tityus falconensis, very pretty:

 

[Nazgul]

Hmmm, as for my statements about Vittatus molts, when I assumed they were all done, are there instances where the female only molts to 6? You now have me wondering if my female is gravid or actually readying to molt again. Pretty sure I saw embryos though. Grrr I"ll have to get pics.

Hi,

it is possible that a scorpion molts one time less or more than the species in average does.

Regards
Alex

 

[SinisterSpiders]

This scorp just keeps getting bigger and bigger. And he's mean as hell too

 

[El Johano]

One of my A. mauretanicus females molted last week, witnessed a mating a couple of days after. The second pic is what remains