Tityus Thread

[Brian S]

Freshly molted T stigmurus

 

[Brian S]

New T serrulatus young

 

[Dennis1]

HI

nice pictures of the Tityus serrulatus !

I will make photos of my Tityus species at the weekend .
I keep :
Tityus spec.
Tityus falconensis
Tityus serrulatus
Tityus stigmurus
Tityus trinitatis
Tityus bahiensis

Here one photo ( a bit older ...T. falconensis male )

 

[Murziukas]

Guys, any ideas on sexing T. Falconensis? There are two of them in Lithuania and it would be nice if it would be a pair. Tityus photo by Dennis1 looks quite similar to my tityus what could mean I have male as well. Generaly, females are smaller/bigger? More bulbous/ smoother shaped claws? Any hints from your experience?

 

[Brian S]

Guys, any ideas on sexing T. Falconensis? There are two of them in Lithuania and it would be nice if it would be a pair. Tityus photo by Dennis1 looks quite similar to my tityus what could mean I have male as well. Generaly, females are smaller/bigger? More bulbous/ smoother shaped claws? Any hints from your experience?

In most Tityus spp the males have more bulbous chela and less robust than the females. I hear T falc. is difficult to sex as you have to do a pectine count. Someone with more experience with these can hopefully shed more light on this.

 

[Dennis1]

Hi@Murziukas

female T. falconensis are mostly bigger than the male .
I think you can see it well if you see a male next to a female .

Not the best photo , but I think you can see it . The bigger one is the female .

http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/t_falconensis_mating.jpg

 

[Ythier]

I agree...not the best photo

 

[Richard_uk]

it depends on your local council but up to and over £400 is not uncommon
and if you do get one and you keep lethal inverts the life insurance is MASSIVE, vittatus arent lethal are they? thats why i dont understand why theyre on the list

Gigus, it's not life insurance you need it's liability insurance. You can't get a DWA without it. It actually doesn't cost quite as much as you would expect! [ /work mode]

 

[Dennis1]

I agree...not the best photo

The photo is nice , but you cant see that the males are much bigger that the female

At the moment I have just 1.0.1 T. falconensis , so I cant make a photo with a male and a female .

By the way : Someone here who sell a female ?

 

[Brian S]

Tityus stigmurus giving birth

 

[H. cyaneus]

Sweet Brian! I got a feeling T. stigmurus will be my first Tityus, I like them...

Mike

 

[Brian S]

I am getting a decent supply of those now and hopefully I can get a factory going soon

 

[Brian S]

UPDATE:
The young T serrulatus have molted into 2nd instar now. I have most separated although there are a few stragglers still on Mom. This was Mom's first meal in about a month and a half. Note the 2nd instar young still holding on to her

 

[Dennis1]

T. stigmurus



T. bahiensis



T. trinitatis :

 

[Brian S]

It would appear that I have a male Tityus falconensis. Look at the chela. The others his size have much thinner chela so I am going to say are females which means I will be putting them together soon to see if they will mate

 

[insectoman]

Hello Brian,

How many time to fullgrown size?

regards,
Benoît

 

[Brian S]

Hello Brian,

How many time to fullgrown size?

regards,
Benoît

Are you speaking of how many molts? If so I believe most Tityus molt 5 times

 

[insectoman]

Hello brian,

no, i speacking about how many month.

sorry i've a poor english!

regards,
Benoît

 

[Brian S]

Hello brian,

no, i speacking about how many month.

sorry i've a poor english!

regards,
Benoît

Oh ok,
I had one group mature in about 10 months. That is with warm temps and plenty to eat

 

[fusion121]

General maturity times for Tityus spp., with a good food supply and kept at reasonable temperatures are (it's always going to be pretty variable):

• Tityus serrulatus: 12-14 months
• Tityus bahiensis: 10-12 months
• Tityus falconensis: 8-10 months (fastest growing of the species kept in captivity)
• Tityus trinitatis: 9-11 months
• Tityus paraensis: 9-10 months
• Tityus costatus: not known yet