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[Tim R.]

 

[NYbirdEater]

my H arizonensis tail, it is thicker now as my scorp likes to eat fat cricks

BTW, sick tails, I can feel the heat from here

 

[Tim R.]

Yea, that's nice!

 

[carpe scorpio]

Those are to die for, I'll post pics of my A. bicolors as soon as I get them.

 

[No name]

Hi Tim,

Is that a Androc.Bicolor in the second pic?

Regards,

 

[Ythier]

some tails...P.transvaalicus, A.pterygocercus, O.scrobiculosus.
Greetings,
Eric

 

[Tim R.]

No name, yep A. bicolor.

Carpe when are you getting your bicolor?

Eric, dang fantastic pictures!. That's a bit of venom from the sting of the transvaalicus right?

Thanks for sharing

 

[fusion121]

No name, yep A. bicolor.

Carpe when are you getting your bicolor?

Eric, dang fantastic pictures!. That's a bit of venom from the sting of the transvaalicus right?

Thanks for sharing

I've only ever seen clear venom from scorpions before, perhaps its excrement, or perhaps some do indeed have opaque venom?

 

[carpe scorpio]

No name, yep A. bicolor.

Carpe when are you getting your bicolor?

Eric, dang fantastic pictures!. That's a bit of venom from the sting of the transvaalicus right?

Thanks for sharing

I'm getting two of them sometime this month after I finish setting up their enclosure. That looks like venom alright, that sprayer is primed and ready to fire.

 

[Nikos]

there is an article about parabuthus trans and their ability to "create" 2 kinds of venom...cannot recaal exctly what it was about though.
If you do a search in this firum you'll found it.

If my menory serves me right it was Gary (eurypterid) who started it...

 

[G. Carnell]

i saw in a scorpion video by Jan Ove Rein the P.traans spitting white venom at the walls of the enclosure..

 

[PIter]

i saw in a scorpion video by Jan Ove Rein the P.traans spitting white venom at the walls of the enclosure..

Can you link it?

 

[Ythier]

there is an article about parabuthus trans and their ability to "create" 2 kinds of venom...

Yes, the small quantity of prevenom is transparent, then the venom is white.
All my transvaalicus spray venom when they're disturbed, especially the young specimens
Here's the ref. of the paper :
"Inceoglu & al., 2003. One Scorpion, two venoms: Prevenom of Parabuthus transvaalicus acts as an alternative type of venom with distinct mechanism of action. In PNAS, vol.100, no.3"
Greetings,
Eric

 

[dotdman]

A link to an article (pdf format) about the prevenom...

http://www.biopestlab.ucdavis.edu/Labbib/503.pdf

 

[G. Carnell]

here is the link to the link :O
http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/newton.php

 

[G. Carnell]

here is a heterometrus laoticus tailshot

 

[fusion121]

Nifty, I knew scorpions could control the nature of the venom produced but I didn't know about the colour change between them. The pre-venom hypothesis for human stings is also a intresting one, and good news for keepers.

 

[Tim R.]

Nice pic George, it looks quite willing to use that tail

 

[pandinus]

P imperator...

 

[Mr. X]

Here's my tail shots...A.bicolor and P.transvaalicus (look at the drip of venom...she was pissed) ;P

xav