Sexing Different Species of Scorpions

[jamesc]

Here is a pic of my female, I don't have a male but they have an elongated metasoma.

Well here is a pectine shot to go with my picture

Any guesses?

 

[Mr. Mordax]

Those pectines look pretty girly to me . . . and those tail segments are short, as well. My guess is female.

 

[ScorpDude]

Does the sexing technique for Lychas mucronatus apply to all Lychas sp.?

 

[H. cyaneus]

I don't believe so, ScorpDude. L. sculitus(spelling?) has elongated mestoma segments.

Mike

 

[Jaffster]

I'm giving this a bump because it's extremely usefull.

Could anybody host pictures of heterometrus spinifer sexing?

Thanks

 

[Brian S]

Its the exact same as P imperator

 

[H. cyaneus]

Hello,

Also, in Heterometrus species the genital operclum of males will be "pointed" towards the carapace of the scorpion.

Mike

 

[Brian S]

Babycurus jacksoni and Babycurus gigas can be sexed by the chela when adults.

Males have a bulbous chela (claw)


Females have a thinner chela like this female B gigas

 

[G. Carnell]

heres the old pics i uploaded on H.laoticus
typical larger pectines in the male

(big pics)
Male:
www.chaerilus.co.uk/malelao.JPG

female:
www.chaerilus.co.uk/femlao.JPG

 

[kahoy]

heres the old pics i uploaded on H.laoticus
typical larger pectines in the male

(big pics)
Male:
www.chaerilus.co.uk/malelao.JPG

female:
www.chaerilus.co.uk/femlao.JPG

HE IS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAIL THE HET KING!!!!!!!
:worship: :worship: :worship:

 

[Thaedion]

Hadogenes paucidens (Pocock, 1896)

Here is a pic of Hadogenes paucidens (Pocock, 1896)
male and female.

 

[Mr. Mordax]

About time for a nice comparison shot! :clap: I think that settles it, both Abyss and I have females.

 

[ftorres]

HEllo,
How can you tell between B jacksoni and B gigas????

regards
FT

 

[Ryan C.]

Hey all,

How to sex some Hottentotta sp..(Such as - trilineatus and hottentotta.

Males also have more bulbous chela - seen in this picture

Cheers,
Ryan

 

[~Abyss~]

About time for a nice comparison shot! :clap: I think that settles it, both Abyss and I have females.

Sorry wrong again. I'll take a more recent photo. Very long tail. With very long segments. The other picture he was younger one molt youger actually and some of the tail wasn't in the shot. Or you can ask any of the SCABIES members that saw it Nbond and Cacoseraph saw it.

 

[sykokid]

hi
firstly let me apologise for asking a question on my first post, i know
it seems very noobish
anywayz,

I responded in your thread but I guess I'll post here too. I don't have a picture of a female's pectines with me, just the male's.

If they are siblings it will not hurt to breed them. Females are bigger and usually more robust looking. The one way to check is to count the pectines but being that this species is pretty dangerous it won't be easy. The easy way to remember is if you are getting a count in the 30's it is a male and a count in the 20's is female. You can look up the exact numbers but you can pretty much tell without counting. If the pectines are close together and long you have a male. here is a shot of one of my male's pectines.

You see how they meet in a V at the base? A female's won't meet like that. They will be shorter and further apart like this \ /

This is the easist way I have found to get a shot. Get them in a clear cup and take a macro shot from underneath.

is that the only difference between lq males and females, the pectines?
u said the female was more robust looking, could u clarify?

 

[Cyris69]

Now this is a male Hadogenes paucidens tail

 

[sykokid]

thats a beautiful tail

 

[kean]

male or female?

dunno if this one's male or female.. but posted this for reference.. i'm sure someone here knows..

Opistophthalmus Wahlbergii

 

[Vincent]

Tityus trinitatis
left: female
right: male

Lychas scutilus
female

male

Tityus zulianus
female

male

Tityus paraensis
top: female
bottom: male

Tityus bahiensis
female

male