Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:30 pm Post subject: What Species Do YOU Keep?
Sup Guys I though since we are starting a new forum it would be good to know what species do you keep in order to advise and help eachother. This is what i have:
Leirus quinquestriatus hebraeus
Androctonus australis
Androctonus amoreux
Androctonus crassicauda
Parabuthus transvaalicus
Hottentotta hottentotta
Hottentotta judaicus
Hottentotta trilineatus
Hottentotta caboverdensis
Tityus tigmurus
Tityus serrulatus
Tityus asthenes
Centruroides margaritatus
Centruroides vittatus
Rhopalurus junceus
Lychas burdoi
Hadrurus arizonensis
Uroplectes olivaceus
Orthochirus scrobiculosus negebensis
Buthus occitanus
Babycurus jacksoni
Ophistopalmus boehmi
Pandinus cavimanus
Vaejovis puritanus
So if anyone wants to share experiences or ask questions about any of this species i would be happy to help.
-.Raul
Last edited by thiscordia on Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:23 am; edited 2 times in total
Let's see if I get them all
9.L.quin
2 P.imps
2.H.spin
1.H. species
1. H.tryl
1. H. paucidens
7.V.spin
8.M. mart
1 B.jacksonii
1 P. liosoma
2 P. silvestrii
1 Vaejovis sp.
I think i have more than this but I can't remember.... _________________ AbYsS
Eddy H.
4.0.0…Anuroctonus pococki
0.0.1…Babycurus jacksoni
0.1.3…Centruroides exilicaude
1.1.1…Hadoenes paucidens
2.1.0…Hadrurus arizonesis
0.0.4…Mesobuthus martensii
1.1.0…Pandinus imperator
0.0.20.Paruroctonus silvestrii
2.1.0…Smeringuros mesaengis
0.0.1…Superstitionia donensis
0.0.1…Vaejovis carolinianus
2.1.0…Vaejovis coahuilae
1.2.0…Vaejovis puritanus
0.2.1…Vaejovis spinigeris _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
Tabbie, unless your T. stigmurus are from one of the few known sexual populations of this species they are most likely all female. The same with your T. serrulatus. Gotta love parthenogenesis.
You may be right...they were gifts from BrianS and are all of less then half an inch. When I got them they were about 1/4" newborns. _________________ Tabbie Norton,
Associate Editor
American Tarantula Society
"It's an itsy bitsy world"
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:25 am Post subject: Scorpions
Numerous buthids and vaejovids and a hormurid (Opisthacanthus (Monodopisthacanthus) madagascariensis). _________________ Lucian K. Ross
Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Contacts: lkr@mail.org; medsig.buthidae@yahoo.com
Member: AAS, AES, BAS, ISA, MES
Primary Interests: Genus Tityus (Buthidae)
I have a whole pile of H. paucidens (looks like 2.5.1). My first female had 7 babies back in March, but none survived past two months, so I am hoping I'll get another chance to try to raise babies. The 0.0.1 is an unrelated baby I also got in March, so he/she has been hanging in there since then, despite my tender loving care...!
Also have 1.0 P. imperator I got for my son from DavidRS back at the May BBQ. _________________ "Tarantulas are friends, not food" (but I bet they taste pretty good with butter and lemon!)
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:04 am Post subject: Hadogenes sp. "paucidens"
Celeste wrote:
I have a whole pile of H. paucidens (looks like 2.5.1). My first female had 7 babies back in March, but none survived past two months, so I am hoping I'll get another chance to try to raise babies. The 0.0.1 is an unrelated baby I also got in March, so he/she has been hanging in there since then, despite my tender loving care...!
Also have 1.0 P. imperator I got for my son from DavidRS back at the May BBQ.
Celeste,
Next time you breed this species, give the young a bit of moisture and they should do well. _________________ Lucian K. Ross
Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Contacts: lkr@mail.org; medsig.buthidae@yahoo.com
Member: AAS, AES, BAS, ISA, MES
Primary Interests: Genus Tityus (Buthidae)
Thanks for the advice, Dystempered! Yeah -- I had two babies that survived two months, but never molted a second time, and died within a day of each other (they were in separate containers) so I figured I was probably keeping them too dry. The other (unrelated) baby I have been keeping slightly more moist/humid. Still haven't seen him/her molt even one time yet, though.
I have all my paucidens in the reptile room now, where the humidity is ~50%, and they seem quite happy.
Thanks for the advice, Dystempered! Yeah -- I had two babies that survived two months, but never molted a second time, and died within a day of each other (they were in separate containers) so I figured I was probably keeping them too dry. The other (unrelated) baby I have been keeping slightly more moist/humid. Still haven't seen him/her molt even one time yet, though.
I have all my paucidens in the reptile room now, where the humidity is ~50%, and they seem quite happy.
Hi Celeste,
Hormurids can be a strange and tempermental lot when it comes to their growth and development. For example: people that keep Opisthacanthus spp. tend to keep them under more mesic conditions which is well for the majority of species but not for all. Several members of the Malagasy endemic subgenus Monodopisthacanthus are found in chambers and shallow burrows under ground structure in arid and hyper-arid regions of the island BUT still require at least moderate (up to 60% RH) humidity to reproduce and develop properly. With increased temperature and %RH rates, the gestation period in females of several species can even be decreased from 15–18 months, to as little as 12–14 months, with most hormurids requiring 4–10 years to reach maturity. Hormuridae is an interesting group of scorpions but not a group for the impatient! ::lol::
BTW, at present, this family is the Liochelidae Fet & Bechly BUT it should actually be Hormuridae. _________________ Lucian K. Ross
Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Contacts: lkr@mail.org; medsig.buthidae@yahoo.com
Member: AAS, AES, BAS, ISA, MES
Primary Interests: Genus Tityus (Buthidae)
Thanks, Lucian! That's kind of like baby Sulcata tortoises -- even though they come from a very arid region (sub-Sahara Africa), in captivity the babies will get dehydrated and get kidney failure if you don't dunk them in water evey day. Go figure. Supposedly, it's because they live in their own little "microclimates" in underground burrows, where it stays [relatively] nice and cool and humid.
Thanks, Lucian! That's kind of like baby Sulcata tortoises -- even though they come from a very arid region (sub-Sahara Africa), in captivity the babies will get dehydrated and get kidney failure if you don't dunk them in water evey day. Go figure. Supposedly, it's because they live in their own little "microclimates" in underground burrows, where it stays [relatively] nice and cool and humid.
Celeste,
The same reliance on microclimate and micrometeorology in larger generalized habitats for survival applies to scorpions as well. Even Leiurus quinquestriatus from hyper-arid regions excavate burrows to depths of 8–12 inches to escape the harsh climatic effects within various desert regions (Khartoum, Negev, etc.), where daytime temperatures can range from 110–117F, with RH in the 15–20% range. In burrows, temperatures can be 8–15 degrees cooler and RH as high as 43%. In captivity, the majority of L. quinquestriatus prefer temperatures in the range of 76–79F, with RH levels of 60–70%. Under such ec's, this species will not excavate burrows or scrapes but simply resides in spaces under available surface structure.
Luc _________________ Lucian K. Ross
Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Contacts: lkr@mail.org; medsig.buthidae@yahoo.com
Member: AAS, AES, BAS, ISA, MES
Primary Interests: Genus Tityus (Buthidae)
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