Nebo hierichonticus mating attempt + a few bonus pics

I tried to mate my Nebo hierichonticus yesterday.

female:


male:


mating:








Unfortunately I could not find a spermatophore. But I will surely try to mate them again soon.

A short and very low quality vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn-7f9D_OAo



The bonus-pics:

Nebo hierichonticus male


cannibalism in Uroplectes olivaceus


Pandinus exitialis 2.instar


Avicularia versicolor

Some nice pics there!!hopefully that mating was succesful

sweet! that avic is absolutley stunning. it will be my first aboreal T.

Nice mating attempt pics. You can really see him feeling around with his pectines. The blacklight pic is awesome as well.

wow great photos!!

Nice pictures
Good luck with the mating!

Male is bigger then female??
And why one of the scorps is blue?

Nice pics!

Pulmonoscorpius wrote:

Male is bigger then female??
And why one of the scorps is blue?

It's a smurf morph

Hi all,

thanks for the comments. I will try to mate them again this weekend and then watch the whole mating. I'm pretty sure no spermatophore was produced by the male in the first attempt. I blacklighted the whole mating arena and found nothing. But it could also mean that the female is already gravid. She wasn't very pleased with the male grabing her at the pedipalps and tried to sting him a few times.

Pulmonoscorpius wrote:

Male is bigger then female??
And why one of the scorps is blue?

Hi,

the male comes from a different location than the female. There is great variation in size and color in this species in Israel.
The picture you are reffering to was taken under blacklight. All scorpions glow, try it out