Burned Lands Scorpion(s)

cacoseraph · Burned Lands Scorpion(s)

See the Burned Lands Haunt thread here (everyone has access
): http://scabies.myfreeforum.org/about3293.html

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scorpion!

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WBurke17

very nice. i wouldnt mind having a couple of those in my collection

noexcuse4you

Very cool. Those look exactly like the S. donensis I caught in Anza. I wouldn't be surprised if they were gravid.

~Abyss~

i cant see the pics on this computer. Any id?

WBurke17

most likely S.donesis

balam

It's one nice looking scorpion. Smile

, looking forward to this hunt.

cacoseraph

this little darlin is tiny! it could very well be female, as it seems to have pretty small pectines, but i don't have anything to compare it to so far

also, one thing, i caught and dropped a scorp that looked exactly like this that i would guestimate was 33% larger, so it might just be well fed

if it is a gravid female i would be SO happy as the babies would be tiny and freakin cute!

~Abyss~

and nearly impossible to feed. ::lol::
Edit: Oh wow i just saw the pictures does look like a very gravid donensis. Congrats these things are hard to find.

cacoseraph

i can try taking flash pics or using a bright light to see embryos. it looks like it might have a light enough colored pleural membrane to er, reflection candle her

i looked on bugguide.net http://bugguide.net/node/view/170108

and it says adult S. don's are 25mm (1"), so it's possible this thing could be a small adult, if we have the correct species.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums.../hunt/BL/09marend/BL_scorp04b.jpg
http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/p2006_42.pdf
says the moveable finger should have 7 rows of denticles, which this scorp appears to have, so that is good news. it doesn't key it to species by any stretch but the scorpion looks quite similar to the pic, too. unless there are more species in the genus i would say probably we know what it is Smile

and it's not that i didn't believe you guys, i just like to work out species for myself to you know, learn stuff =P

this says 7/8" gravid female. groovy
http://www.azscorpion.com/S_donen.html