Scorpion Picture Thread

[TheNothing]

more will be coming... my Dioptic lens for my digical camera is coming today, so MANY more pics to come

 

[Schlyne]

Opistophthalmus glabrifrons

My Red Cape female?, not long after I put her in the tank.

 

[Nikos]

Tityus Serrulatus

 

[TheNothing]

still trying to figure out this new lens... need a lot of work...

Vaejovis carolinianus


Vaejovis crassimanus


Vaejovis spinigerus



Centruroides gracilis


Hadrurus arizonensis



Lychas obsti




Tityus falconensis



Tityus serrulatus

 

[TheNothing]

still trying to toy with the closeup lens... tonight i kicked the exposure down to underexpose (-.3... yesterdays were over exposed +.3). most pics you can click to enlarge....



Vaejovis carolinianus - 2nd Instars (yes, I cleaned right after this pic)


Vaejovis crassimanus - adult female

Centruroides exilicauda - 2nd instar




Centruroides margaritatus - 2nd instar - yellow morph


Tityus falconensis - 3rd instar



Tityus serrulatus - 3rd instar(?)

Vaejovis carolinianus - 2nd instar and 2wk old cricket

 

[TheNothing]

just a few pic this time...



Centruroides exilicauda - a very gravid female


Opistopthalmus glabifrons - the best i can do with her, she's always in her burrow


Pandinus imperator - adult female


Vaejovis confusus

 

[ScorpZion]

very nice vaejovis sp, tell me for you spinigerus what do you use in your setup? substrate? decor? as soon as my brood cmpletly moves off the mothers back i want to set up a 5-10 gallon for them but not to sure as to what the optimal setup would be, right now she is on repti sand with a little peat mixed in. aslo where do ou get your tityus sp? i really want some of those

 

[TheNothing]

ScorpZion:

This is the setup i have for my V. carolinianus, which is similar to all my vaejovids. The V. spinigerus, V. confusus, and V. crassimanus have a 50/50 sand/peat combo though.

The Tityus species I have came from Tityus and a friend of Ythiers

 

[ScorpZion]

any chance of you sweet talking ythier into getting me 1-2 ityus sp? huh you setup look great but i alway thought spinigerus was a desert type? i will try and replicated what you have there with alot of hiding climbing places becasue of the number of scorps going into the tank, also have you had any succes in raising a brood of vaejovis sp they look really small would i feed prekilled crixs becasue i doubt they can hunt being that small?

 

[TheNothing]

the only broods I've gotten so far are from V. carolinianus. I have separated the 2nd instars from the adults to prevent canibalism which i noticed early on (watched as one adult was actually plucking the scorplings off the back of another). The scorplings have been feeding fine on pinhead and one week old crickets.

Tityus will be more available in a few months.

 

[eatinmachine]

great pix thenothing. I love your scorps how much time a week do you spend on your animals (including your reptiles)? just out of curiosity how much are most of these tityus?

 

[TheNothing]

touch call... the dragons are constant work almost... if you include the time taken to tend the garden to grow their veggies, that alone is 10 hours a week... I spend over an hour on just feeding the scorps, plus misting... the boas are by-far the easiest to care for, and are the most friendly.... i'd say no less than 25 hours a week with the animals between my girlfriend and i (not including the garden)

 

[Midnightcowboy]

A superworm that had burrowed away into my G. Rosea's substrate last month reappeared today in beetle form. Of course my G. Rosea, being her usual kind-hearted self, left it well alone. It was running round the tank for a good while, until I decided enough was enough. Mr. Beetle was going to meet his new friend Hadrurus Arizonensis ...Enjoy! :}

 

[Midnightcowboy]

Here's a few pics of my big female P. Imperator....More like a lobster with a stinger than a scorp!

 

[TheNothing]

awesome shots of the H.a!!!!

 

[Black Hawk]

Mr. Beetle was going to meet his new friend Hadrurus Arizonensis ...Enjoy! :}

i did the same thing with an annoying male crick that WOULDN'T STOP CHIRPING!!!! he was dead in less than 30 sec. :evil:

 

[redhourglass]

Hi.

Provided is the pantheriensis form of Centruroides vittatus.

Regards.

Sinc. Chad

 

[Kugellager]

Provided is the pantheriensis form of Centruroides vittatus.

Very interesting Chad. The interocular triangle marking is still very much apparent. Is the keelation on the mesasoma really as indistinct as it appears or is that an artifact of the image? Where is the general locale this specimen was collected from? PM me if necessary.

John
];')

 

[redhourglass]

Hello John.

This form is easly collected in Presidio TX down to parts of Mexico in the desert areas.

All the best.

Sinc. Chad

 

[Ythier]

wow, wonderful vittatus Chad !
Pantheriensis ? any meaning ? Perhaps the reduced interocular triangle looking like panther markings ?