Tanzanian Tailess Whipscorpion

[Brian S]

I finally got one these lil' creepy crawlies. Can anyone tell me the life span on these?

 

[galeogirl]

I can't offer any advice, I'm just drooling over the pretty picture. Don't mind me. :drool:

 

[Wade]

I suspect they're relatively long lived when compared to most arachnids, because they molt after reaching maturity. I doubt they live as long as female tarantulas, but probably longer than most other spiders.

Wade

 

[Brian S]

I can't offer any advice, I'm just drooling over the pretty picture. Don't mind me. :drool:

You are the first person to drool over this.
Everyone else that has seen says it is the most disgusting thing they have ever seen.

Thanks Wade This one is supposed to be a female. I might try to find her a boyfriend before long. I need to set up the enclosure first. I have temporarily set up in a deli cup.

 

[Kaulback]

Hey Brian, is the care of those babies identical to the care of real scorps? You've got me interested

 

[jdcarrel]

I don't know too much about "african cave dwelling spiders" besides that they are tasty.

 

[Brian S]

Hey Brian, is the care of those babies identical to the care of real scorps? You've got me interested

They are supposed to be real easy to care for. I can't say from experience since this is my first one. They are supposed to be set up in an arboreal type enclosure according to what I have read.

 

[Brian S]

I don't know too much about "african cave dwelling spiders" besides that they are tasty.

yeah, especially when covered in chocolate

 

[Goliath]

Very nice Brian, I love TWS! All I have left at the moment is a large male, I am hoping to get some more soon. Average lifespan is about 4 to 7 years, with the males living as long as the females. More than likely that is a females, the palps do not look long enough to be a male, assuming she is mature, but the positive way to check is to look at the underside. I have attached a couple posts that may help.
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=30663&highlight=Damon+diadema
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=26068&highlight=diadema
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=29687&highlight=Damon
Thanks,
Mike

 

[NYbirdEater]

Anyone feel bad when they had a pool table covered with these things on fear factor and the contestants were eating them alive?

 

[cricket54]

Ewwwwww, I'm glad I didn't see that. It would be too cruel. I hate it when they do stuff with live arachnids on that show.

Sharon

 

[Wade]

They are pretty easy to care for, but apparently they need a good amount of cage height in order to molt properly. They hang from a piece of bark (or whatever) and drop down out of their old exoskeleton. They seem to need a decent amount of space to accomplish this. I once read that containers twice the height of their "whip span" are recomended, but mine seem to get by in containers smaller than that.

I keep my females in bigger cages than the males, only because I breed them by introducing the male to the female's cage and I want them to have room to manuver or stay away from one annother. My current set up for females is a tall sterilite "show off" file box. They're about 12" tall, 12" long and 8" wide. Inside I have severeal pieces of more-or-less flat cork bark arranged vertically. I offer a water dish, although I'm not sure if they actually drink from it, but water evaporating from the surface raises the humidity. There's a lot of rocks in the dish to keep them from falling in and drowning (not sure how likley that is, however). Babies WILL drown in a dish, so if babies are present I rely on light misting and substrate mosisture. When I first got them, I was under the impression they needed really high humidity, but since then I'ce come to doubt that. Even when I've accidently allowed the water bowls to totally dry out, they've been fine. I assume babies need higher levels, but I could be wrong.

Although theys guys will live together fine when they're all about the same size, they can and will attack one annother when molting, so I keep the seperate except for breeding. I usually wait until the female molts to introduce the male. Both males and females molt after maturity, so you also have to keep an eye on him, as I lost a male last year when he molted while in a female's cage.

Thus far, I've had crappy luck keeping the babies alive, mainly due to mistakes on my part. I learned about the waterbowl thing the hard way! One of my females has a batch of babies right now, hopefully they'll do better.

Wade

 

[Arachne]

Anyone feel bad when they had a pool table covered with these things on fear factor and the contestants were eating them alive?

YES, that sucked! I switched the channel becuase that was really upsetting. Especially when the stupid twit crunched on one for a bit, then spit it out, half-maimed, THEN picked it back up again and finished the deed.


Ara

 

[NYbirdEater]

YES, that sucked! I switched the channel becuase that was really upsetting. Especially when the stupid twit crunched on one for a bit, then spit it out, half-maimed, THEN picked it back up again and finished the deed.


Ara

Personally, I think they should use live mammals on fear factor instead of arachnids. It would be more interesting to see contestants try and chew live mice than a whip scorpion, and also there's more chance for personal injury as mice have sharp teeth and claws. I think it would get better ratings, plus it would be interesting to see a mouse or gerbil gnaw it's way through someone's cheek LIVE on national TV. Don't think the ASPCA would be too pleased, they must think arahcnids have no nerve endings or something.

On a more serous note, I am actually thinking of getting one of these tailess whip scorps as they look like something out of science fiction. But I guess all our pets do, at least on this forum. I will do a search but I would like to know if you guys know any communal species. I have a 40 gallon tank that is now empty and would like to fill it ASAP. I think I read somewhere that certain species of these can live together with few problems.

 

[Brian S]

I woke up a few minutes ago to feed this thing and here is the picture I snapped

 

[swatc1h]

YUMMY :drool: ive seen one episode of fear factor of three players had to much down those tailless whipscorpion in order to gain vegas chips ahhahahha. But hey i dont mind caring for a creature like that g1

 

[demolitionlover]

I picked up 3 of these at the white plains show. They are very very small. I hope I can get them to eat. On the way home.. 1 molted. : )

 

[NYbirdEater]

DAMN! I couldn't make the show, wanted to get some. Oh Well.

 

[Brian S]

I picked up 3 of these at the white plains show. They are very very small. I hope I can get them to eat. On the way home.. 1 molted. : )

That's cool
If they are like mine, it will eat quite well

 

[Kittycat784]

does anyone have any idea where to buy one of these. I have wanted one for a very long time but so far can't find any. please help if you have any ideas.
thanks