Uropygi Information

[Deroplatys]

They started to emerge a few days ago
Ive seperated only a fraction of them
The mum seems fine
Checked on them this morning and shes been burrowing all over the place, so she seems back to her old self
That being said i think i should get the babies out fast
Their set up is very cheap and simple to create, simply a circket tub filled with a bit of cocofibre with a layer of dead leaves on the top to provide hiding places
The photos looked a tad better before crappy photobucket

Heres the set up for the masses

These are the babies in their new tubs, i havent even tackled the main group of babies yet :yikes:

Heres one i dun up a bit better for my dad, just a better tub and a dollop of nice n vibrant moss

 

[MaartenSFS]

I agree. Separate them fast. They are very cannibalistic when young.

 

[Deroplatys]

Done
I ended up with a total of 45
I ran out of compartments for them seperately so 9 are in 1 large one.
BTW i got the female feeding, she seems back to he old self

I ran out of decent cricket tubs but i found these nail seperater things i think my dad gave to me, with a few holes finely drilled in they are perfect set ups for them, all filled with the same cocofibre with a layer of dead leaves.

Heres all the tubs

The big tub is the "really useful box" housing the mum, the little tray on top of it has the odd babies for the moments. Next to it are the 2 narrow nails holders housing 6 juveniles each, the big one houses 12, with 8 in their own compartments and 4 in an experimental communal set up, i may add more.

I also took some photos with my new cam, still need to get used to it a little bit, seems very unforgiving to even the slightest wobble
Couldnt decide which ones to upload so i done them all

Heres a vid i took last night of the mum taking her second cricket, and also of her set up after i tidied it

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Im sure they are not the USA giant ones, mine seem slightly different in build and are only 6 or so cm long, which is why i took the hand shot, im pretty sure i saw someone selling similar ones as Malaysian whip scorpions

 

[Nikos]

Nice! Congrats !
Housing that many can be a pain indeed but small vials work wonders.

It seems to be a Typopeltis tarnanii but wait for Jeremy's reply to be on the safe side.

 

[Deroplatys]

Thanks you
I really wanted the nail dividers to work as they are nice and compact although ive found them a bit impractical, with 6 comparts ments and 1 lid :/
So when your feeding 1 they are all open and so teh food escapes:?
So if i cant find a better solution to house them seperatly and individually i was thinking of housing them in groups of five in cricket tubs, good idea?

 

[MaartenSFS]

Congratulations. If I were you I wouldn't keep any of them together. I tried keeping eight together and only three survived. And then, because I only had two containers available I put two in one and now only two are left from the eight. I have my adults living communally, though.

 

[Deroplatys]

Thanks, i was thinking the other day they seemed far more aggressive than the mum ever was, hope i can find some soon, ive seen around 2 actually feeding, hopefully when they are all on their own i can feed them properly all at once

 

[Nikos]

I have a group of i2 T.cantonensis living together witout any problems.

I feed them choped mealworms.
Maybe you can try this "food method" in the nail divider so the feeders cannot escape.

 

[Aquila]

I'm interested whether Mastigoproctus giganteus have valid subspecias.

Mastigoproctus giganteus giganteus (Lucas, 1835)
Mastigoproctus giganteus scabrosus (Pocock, 1902)
Mastigoproctus giganteus mexicanus (Butler, 1872)

 

[Jeremy Huff]

Those are all valid. M.g.floridanus is not.

Jeremy

 

[Aquila]

Thanks Jeremy.

Some ID key for them?

 

[shoting1990]

This is my Uropyga
Minbosius manilanus [~4]

 

[Jeremy Huff]

There aren't really any good keys. Pock in Biologi-Centrali Americana addresses them. You can get a pdf of that paper from Scorpion Files. I am working on the group and will have keys, images, etc. However, I don't see me finishing it in the near future.

Jeremy

 

[johnharper]

I have a pair of these of these they are by one of the strangest animals I have ever owned. I want to try breeding them someday when they are old enough. I wished more people bred them.

John

 

[shoting1990]

male or female??

 

[Nikos]

looks female to me

 

[Deroplatys]

Whats the average survival rate of newly emerged juveniles?
I had them feeding for a while but without any change they have started to die off
Another question is that can a female keep producing eggs after 1 mating?

 

[Deroplatys]

Can anyone help ?

 

[Nikos]

I keep them in small pill vials with coconut fibre bedding and feed them till they are fat and then leave them alone for 1-2 months, then feed again.
Above method proved successful for me.

I do not keep the species you have but i think that humidity might be your problem. If you keep them too wet, let it dry out a bit and vice versa.

Don't know about the last question.

 

[Draiman]

I have a pair of unidentified, wild-caught (I found them myself) Asian vinegaroons, and I'm wondering how often and how much I should be feeding them. How much do you guys feed your roons?