v. spinigerus, c. gracilis maturity indicators, sexing

[musihuto]

hi, my v. spinigerus moulted a month or so ago and has been stuffing itself ever since... i saw it stretched out today, and was wondering if there would be any way to figure out whether it was mature or not, and also how to determine the gender!

similarly, i have a c. gracilis, never really measured it, but is about 3"+ i'm guessing. i'm fairly certain its male due to the relatively long metasomal segments. I was told it was I6 when i got it, but it hasn't moulted or even put on noticable weight in the past 3 months, so i was wondering if perhaps it was mature and how i might determine this! also, am i imagining this, or was there a phenomenon of "small males" in certain centruroides species that mature at I6?

thanks!
- munis

 

[Brian S]

similarly, i have a c. gracilis, never really measured it, but is about 3"+ i'm guessing. i'm fairly certain its male due to the relatively long metasomal segments. I was told it was I6 when i got it, but it hasn't moulted or even put on noticable weight in the past 3 months, so i was wondering if perhaps it was mature and how i might determine this! also, am i imagining this, or was there a phenomenon of "small males" in certain centruroides species that mature at I6?

thanks!
- munis

If its I6 its adult

 

[musihuto]

ah. how come? :? could you (or anyone else) point me in the direction of any literature on the subject?

thanks!
- munis

If its I6 its adult

 

[Brian S]

ah. how come? :? could you (or anyone else) point me in the direction of any literature on the subject?

thanks!
- munis

Nope, I can only speak from personal experience here. I have been known to breed this species ya know

Oh and btw, I have had males mature at I5 and females at I6

 

[Ryan C.]

The scorpions in Brian's picture are not C. gracilis, they are C. margaritatus


Cheers,
Ryan

 

[Arachnophilist]

ok then that makes more sense

 

[EAD063]

V spinigerus, the males have true V pectines with a close to 90 degree angle. Females have a seperation in the pectines and the pectines themselves are smaller.

Ed

 

[Brian S]

The scorpions in Brian's picture are not C. gracilis, they are C. margaritatus


Cheers,
Ryan

OOOPS!!!
You are correct Ryan. I must have been getting tired when I posted that last night. Nevertheless everything would be the same for gracilis as it is for marg from husbandry to growth rate etc, etc.

Now here is a C gracilis. I used to breed them too