Scorpion Picture Thread

[ThatGuy]

Man i love that scorpion, those ones are hard to find !

 

[fusion121]

My new Liocheles australasiae, funny little scorpion :

 

[G. Carnell]

is this a positive Buthid to non buthid shift we are seeing in you oliver!!??
nice scorp! good luck with it

 

[fusion121]

is this a positive Buthid to non buthid shift we are seeing in you oliver!!??
nice scorp! good luck with it

I always like scorpions with interesting characteristics, so the only scorpion that reproduces soley by parthenogenisis was a must have.

 

[Nazgul]

Hi Oliver,

L. australasiae doesn´t reproduce solely parthenogenic. In the Koch book on Australo-Papuan scorpions both sexes are described but in other papers it is said to be an obligate parthenogenic species. I asked Prendini about this discrepany and he told me that males are existing but several thousand females are collected for every male. And on some island populations this species is reproducing obligate parthenogenic.

Nevertheless, it´s a nice species, isn´t it ? My specimens aren´t aggressive in any way. Sometimes they are playing dead when disturbed.

Regards
Alex

 

[fusion121]

Hi Oliver,

L. australasiae doesn´t reproduce solely parthenogenic. In the Koch book on Australo-Papuan scorpions both sexes are described but in other papers it is said to be an obligate parthenogenic species. I asked Prendini about this discrepany and he told me that males are existing but several thousand females are collected for every male. And on some island populations this species is reproducing obligate parthenogenic.

Nevertheless, it´s a nice species, isn´t it ? My specimens aren´t aggressive in any way. Sometimes they are playing dead when disturbed.

Regards
Alex

Hi
That’s very interesting Alex, I had read it it was an obligate parthenogenic species but obviously not. That is a very squewed sex ratio

They have a very interesting defense mechanism when a cricket that is too large to eat comes near, they grab it with the claws and actually seem to throw it away from themselves with a fast movement of the pedipalp.

 

[TheNothing]

just a few quick shots to start the day


C. exilicauda


C gracilis juvs.


C. gracilis juvenile


Lychas obsti adult unsexed


Lychas obsti juvenile unsexed


Vaejovis crassimanus adult female

 

[wikkid_devil]

Scorpio maurus palmatus

Sorry about the picture quality :8o With a standard 35mm SLR it is a bit of a pain photographing something so small and fast! These are about 3cm long in these photo's. There were four when I bought them, the next morning after introducing them to the tank there were three. I have had these for about a month now, and still have three. Two have moulted, and when I get the film developed I'll post the updated pics.

 

[wikkid_devil]

Last two

Enclosure pics are on the approprite thread

 

[chulopiscinas]

Pinci it,s Died, in his honor this pics

Pinci it,s died, in his honor this pics, when he was alive.

 

[chulopiscinas]

Pinci it,s died 2

Pinci after his death

 

[MattM]

Babycurus Jacksoni 3rd instar:

Leiurus Quinquestriatus 2nd instar:

Opistacanthus Asper adult female:

Iomachus Politus 3rd instar:

More to come!

 

[G. Carnell]

Heterometrus longimanus borneensis!!!!!!!
thanks to ERIC!!

poor pic, but ill get better ones in the future, as they grow
these are already showing signs of agression, and in the early instars!

 

[Michael]

they are beautiful George...

 

[fusion121]

G. limbatus freshly moulted, I think to maturity

 

[prang11]

beautiful...

 

[Ythier]

H.jayakari salei

 

[parabuthus]

My African Flat Rock dining on a large hopper yesterday...

My Emperor today, disturbed from under her hide, but surprisngly calm, she is actually normally an aggressive scorp. I was surprised...

I'll have my Giant Hairy Scorpion this coming week, so I will be sure to get some pictures up on here, when it arrives.

 

[parabuthus]

This is another pic of my emperor, with the more usual reaction to being disturbed. To the left are the legs of a male Emperor I had for quite some time. They mated once, and a few weeks later she killed him -in the night. Half his legs were gone.

Ouch.

 

[web]

Emperor Scorpion Birthing

Emperor Scorpion Birthing (close-up)