Can I get an ID on this please.

rosenkrieger · Can I get an ID on this please.

Caught this solifugid the other day at a friends house on the outskirts of town. I'd just like to know its scientific name, and general care requirements. Also, Does anyone know how I'd go about rearing the little one's she's carrying?

ftorres

Hello All,
Chase,
I am not sure if they are Eremobates sp., perhaps E californicus from California or Ammotrechula pilosa from California too.

Here are some good links for you

http://www.solpugid.com/ammotrechula.htm
http://www.solpugid.com/eremobates.htm

MAke sure you give her a more solid substrate for her to dig, without risk of collapsing or a nice hide.

A little bit of humidity in the substrate will help, darker set up will work too.

good luck with the little ones.

francisco

rosenkrieger

Thanks. If I can manage to raise the young, I'll probably sell them. I don't want that many of these. ::lol::

rosenkrieger

Also, it looks like the Eremobates sp. I'll do a bit more research and try to narrow it down to the species now.

cacoseraph

don't get your hopes up too high

though a native species is probably your best bet for success as far as i know virtually or literally no one has gotten sellable young from captive wind scorps

shame too, cuz they are fun little dudes

rosenkrieger

Yeah, I'd been reading and found mostly that the eggs would hatch, then the babies would die within 2-5 days.

balam

Well Chase,

This is by no means a reason to get discouraged. What environment was this sp. found in?

Was it desert-like? Sand dune or hard packed dirt? Are these guys used to tons of heat? how much water is available to them? What inverts/verts could they catch in the wild?

I think enclosure size would be an important factor here. I am willing to bet they may do great in a 20+ gal aquarium.

If anything I would be more inclined to try and raise these little ones Wink

Also could stress be a factor here? Maybe setting them up in their spacious enclosure and letting them be Wink

HOpe you become the first one to do this, good luck Smile

rosenkrieger

Oscar, she was accidentally dug out of a small mound of mostly hard packed, dry dirt up against a fence. She's about 2" long, and I've got her in a 8x8 inch tupperware right now. She's already moved all the dirt to one side to make a hill and burrow into the side like she was when I found her. I certainly intend on trying to raise the little ones. I'm wondering if I should seperate them from the mother and/or each other. If no one knows, I might split the babies into 3 groups: with the mother, with each other, and solitarily.

cacoseraph

oh, something to consider. the exotic species i had live longest (in the 4-5 month range) were NOT fed a ton... they were left alone and sat still a good amount of the time. same species that ran around constantly were dead in a month or three, regardless of feeding them a lot or a little

though, with babies i probably would feed them as much as they would eat until they had molted at least a couple times

BamBaboons

.....wheres my can of raid...

ftorres

I took it away from you, cause I knew you were going to use it. Laughing