Scorpion Picture Thread

[Scorpfanatic]

ive seen on some web that in south east asia there have not been any males recorded since 1984/5... sad..

 

[G. Carnell]

Here is one of the reasons NOT to keep Euscorpius babies together:
they cannibalise even when fat ;(

 

[Michael]

Nice Euscorpius George

Female Compsobuthus acutecarinatus, Oman

 

[G. Carnell]

excuse me if i dont swear, but VERY NICE
and nice pics too, i like the black band on the last tail segment

 

[Frogster]

George has got me worried now !
Due to lack of space and suitable containers i'm keeping some of my Euscorpius together - no deaths up to now but I think i'll have to seperate them all now

 

[jw73]

I like Compsobuthus acutecarinatus. Beautiful specie.

 

[Scorpfanatic]

my female spinifer.. protecting the youngs from the nozzle which was misting the tank! hahaha ;P

http://individualistic.multiply.com/photos/photo/13/49.jpg

 

[fusion121]

Some moults to maturity;

Tityus paraensis female:

Rhopalurus junceus male (final moult reveals the sexually dimorphic bulbous chela):

 

[Jmadson13]

Beautiful scorpions Fusion. I do hope Tityus Paraensis will be available here some day.

 

[fusion121]

Ventral aspect of Tityus paraensis female:

 

[G. Carnell]

Very nice Oliver,
are they 6th or 7th instar (tityus) ??

 

[Michael]

Hi Oliver,

Which instar is that Rhopalurus junceus? mine are 6th instar right now, but i don't know if they are adult yet:?

Regards
Michael

 

[fusion121]

Very nice Oliver,
are they 6th or 7th instar (tityus) ??

6th instar I think, which according to Lourenco is adult for this species.

Which instar is that Rhopalurus junceus? mine are 6th instar right now, but i don't know if they are adult yet

Not sure I forgot to keep the data for this species:8o , but going on size I think it must be adult.

 

[G. Carnell]

ahhhhhhh that would make my 2 females adult then.......... and ive been keeping them alone for the past month :S :S :S


howcome the WC male i have is about twice the size of 6th instar males and females???
might it just be an excellent specimen?

 

[fusion121]

It seems in general that WC specimens are bigger then CB ones. Plus are you sure on the ID, there are other species with really long chela?

I'm going on "Notes on the Ecology, Distribution and post-embryonic development in Tityus cambridgei" by Lourenco. All the specimens he looked at were adult at 6th instar.

 

[G. Carnell]

ill go put them together now and see what happens!

 

[fusion121]

ill go put them together now and see what happens!

Take some photos:drool:

 

[G. Carnell]

well... i put all four of them together (2 6th instar females and 1 6th inst male, and 1 WC male)

none of them even juddered at each other.. so i took a damned big risk and left them all together!

ill go check them like every 5-10 mins

here are some pics so far:
all 4: makes u think of the future..
http://www.scorpion-realm.co.uk/mate1.jpg

and, WC male (top) with 6th instar female
http://www.scorpion-realm.co.uk/mate2.jpg

 

[Juliancito]

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G.Carnell
Those scorps are just beautiful....:clap: ...congratulations really good specimens...i like'em very much.
Good luck with your mating process...:razz:

 

[G. Carnell]

yep!

**update**

the WC male and a female have initiated, so ill leave em for a bit and see if there is a spermatophore when i come back.

theyre in a tricky position so all i could see is one claw from each scorp- holiding each other,

and to think i could have waited forever for them to moult...