T. whip scorpions

ceaser68

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Hey does anybody have a T. whip scorpion. i'm thinging about getting one but i would like to know more about caring for them. and behavior and such ! thanks !
 

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I have a bunch of these. I keep them in a rubbermaid tub with potting soil/peat moss. I put pieces of concrete set under pieces of wood for places for them to hang. They like climbing so I gave them plenty of vertical surfaces to climb on. With the right setup they breed like crazy. They're good eaters too! And docile as well!

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Paul
 

Absolutt

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I'm curious, :?
How do TWS's eat? I mean, how do they subdue their prey
as they have no stinger?
 

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Their palps (Don't know the real term, but the appendiges where a spider's palps would be) are modified into grabbers that work almost like a praying mantis

..basically they run stuff down and grab it and start munching, far as i know
 

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They are called pedipalps too, in all arachnids the second pair of appendages are pedipalps (the first are the chelicerae)!

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What do you mean by T.Whipscorp
Taiwanese or Texas :?

Typopeltis crucifer or Mastioproctus giganteus ?
 

Kaos

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Tailless i suspect. I also keep a bunch of these a 60 liter Tank, with a heat spot on one side of the lid and ventilation holes on the other. Nice critters. I have a mix of sand an peat as substrate, some large flat rocks that support pieces of bark that stand up against the back and side walls. I keep a water dish wich i overfill each day, in addition i spray the terrarium each night before the lights go off. The temps in the tank is 25-30 degress celsius daytime, and 20 nighttime.
 

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Oh sorry my mistake :8o

i don't like common names,...
but aren't those Tailless whipspiders then ? :?
 

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Amplyfugids are their real names. Some prefers whipscorpions other whipspiders, they are neither scorps or spiders. I'm not very fond of comon names myself :)
 

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The order of tailless whipspiders are the Amplypygi, I guess you mixed it a bit with the Solifugidae, the "camel-spiders"

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Kaos

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I guess, thanks :8o I'm more of a scorpion man
 

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i guess we made a good example on how common names can cause a extreme confusion {D ;)
 

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Common names are very useful when discussing the animals with non-specialists, but obviously not very useful in discussions among people from different countries who speak different languages. For what it's worth, the American Arachnological Society publishes a list of the accepted English common names for these orders. "Tailess whipscorpion" is the common name for the amblypigids, although I don't like it. "Whipspiders" would make more sense, as they look more like spiders, and the name would not be as easily confused with the common name for the Uropygi which is "whipscorpions". There is no space between "whip" and "scoprion" because this indicates that they are not scorpions. The AAS common name for the Solifugidae is "windscorpion" but "camel spider" is the one we see most often used.

The common names are not of much use to us here, but for those of us who do educational programs for the public, the list is very useful. It can be downloaded for free at www.atshq.org

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Wade said:
"Tailess whipscorpion" is the common name for the amblypigids, although I don't like it. "Whipspiders" would make more sense, as they look more like spiders, and the name would not be as easily confused with the common name for the Uropygi which is "whipscorpions".

Wade
in my language (Dutch) the common name for amblypigids is "zweepspin" :cool:
 

TRowe

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Steven said:
in my language (Dutch) the common name for amblypigids is "zweepspin" :cool:
And when your zweepspin are dirty, you can clean them with zeep! Sorry, I have a good friend in Holland, and I always have to give him a hard time about the language. :)

Tim
 

Alex S.

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Personally, I always relate the order name to the common name. It is a very simple and efficient system.

Order: Amblypygi = common name: amblypygid (plural: amblypygids)

Order: Solifugae = common name: solifugid (plural: solifuges/solifugids)

Order: Uropygi = common name: uropygid (plural: uropygids)

Alex S.
 

Wade

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Alex S. said:
Personally, I always relate the order name to the common name. It is a very simple and efficient system.

Order: Amblypygi = common name: amblypygid (plural: amblypygids)

Order: Solifugae = common name: solifugid (plural: solifuges/solifugids)

Order: Uropygi = common name: uropygid (plural: uropygids)

Alex S.
For those of us who are already familliar with these animals, that works great. If you're you're discussing them with the general public (who isn't obsessed with invertebrates) it doesn't work so great. If I'm at an educational event and I say "uropygid", nobody is going to understand or remember what I'm talking about but if I say "whipscorpion" they'll understand immediately, and probably remember the animal and what I tell them about it.

I think I like "zweepspin" better than "tailess whipscorpion" however. I think I'm going start using that!

Wade
 

Alex S.

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Wade said:
For those of us who are already familliar with these animals, that works great. If you're you're discussing them with the general public (who isn't obsessed with invertebrates) it doesn't work so great. If I'm at an educational event and I say "uropygid", nobody is going to understand or remember what I'm talking about but if I say "whipscorpion" they'll understand immediately, and probably remember the animal and what I tell them about it.

I think I like "zweepspin" better than "tailess whipscorpion" however. I think I'm going start using that!

Wade

I agree, Wade. Its mainly a system best used with other arthropod enthusiasts.

Alex S.
 
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