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LXDNG79
Tityus
Number of posts: 550
Age: 33
Location: Malaysia
Registration date: 2008-10-16
| | Subject: Heterometrus spinifer molting 4/5/2009, 12:20 am | |
| I should have posted this a long time ago but i had to select the best pix from the whole bunch. These are pix of my wild-caught H. spinifer (Dusun) molting. Stuffing (her) face prior to molting  1st phase: rupture of the carapace and extraction of the chelicerae  2nd phase: extraction of the legs and pedipalps      3rd phase: Inflation of limbs; primary segments  Finally Free  This one was taken hours later, the exoskeleton has hardened and the pedipalps have 'bloomed' to full size with thorny granulation.  |
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scorpion111
Post-whore
Number of posts: 3455
Age: 17
Location: scotland
Registration date: 2008-04-07
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer molting 4/5/2009, 5:39 am | |
| alex.. that is TOO cool man.
I always love watching scorpions moulting, it's amazing how much they can distort thier limbs whilst doing so. |
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Lester
Tityus
Number of posts: 508
Age: 31
Location: Malaysia / Singapore / USA
Registration date: 2009-03-14
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer molting 4/5/2009, 7:19 am | |
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LadyRiotControl
Leiurus
Number of posts: 2631
Age: 33
Location: West Yorkshire, England
Registration date: 2008-07-12
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer molting 4/5/2009, 7:59 am | |
| wicked pictures.
I have never caught one of mine sloughing from scratch, I always catch them after the pedipalps are out. |
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Mr. Mordax
Administrator
Number of posts: 7741
Age: 26
Location: PNW
Registration date: 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer molting 4/5/2009, 9:46 am | |
| Holy crap, that has awesome written all over it!
Sure puts my H. longimanus molting sequence to shame. _________________ If your emperor scorpion stops eating, don't panic. | My reviews | My Bug Pictures | My blog Be nice -- you were a noob once, too "Never ask an engineer to explain something, because he will." |
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LXDNG79
Tityus
Number of posts: 550
Age: 33
Location: Malaysia
Registration date: 2008-10-16
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer molting 4/5/2009, 11:26 am | |
| Thnks guys, its was one sleepless night for me... I actually took footage of the entire sequence but its something like 8 hours long and I dunno howto edit it and put it on you tube... so this was the best I could do.
And Mike, it was those pics of yours that inspired me to capture these, and for that I can't thank you enough.
cheers |
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Mr. Mordax
Administrator
Number of posts: 7741
Age: 26
Location: PNW
Registration date: 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer molting 4/5/2009, 4:24 pm | |
| Lol, it figures.  _________________ If your emperor scorpion stops eating, don't panic. | My reviews | My Bug Pictures | My blog Be nice -- you were a noob once, too "Never ask an engineer to explain something, because he will." |
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diabollicallycursed
Babycurus
Number of posts: 365
Age: 27
Location: Ontario Canada
Registration date: 2009-03-25
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer molting 4/5/2009, 4:29 pm | |
| That is excellent camera work dude.  |
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