New scorpion :)

Ok so those of you who have seen my threads know im about 5 months into owning my first 2 emp's, about 2 months into owning my first tarantula, and now i have another, as far as latin names go im useless but on the box stated "South african flat rock scorpion"

Im not sure of sex or age, i think its about a year and a half at a guess as thats what my emps are nearly and he/shes abit bigger. Or maybe they grow faster or slower than eachother i dunno no clue lol.

Ok so here he/she is, i picked up for just £10 which i find a fairly decent price, heres some pics:

https://2img.net/h/i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss157/scorpion-newbie/DSC00328.jpg
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https://2img.net/h/i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss157/scorpion-newbie/DSC00331.jpg
https://2img.net/h/i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss157/scorpion-newbie/DSC00332.jpg
https://2img.net/h/i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss157/scorpion-newbie/DSC00334.jpg

As you can see he/she is currently on bark chips as i have no other substrate, ill try get some more cocoa fibre soon, any help with my new scorp is appreciated, thanks

Edit: Forgot to say sorry about quality, all taken on my phone lol

Surpised no posts yet lol

Its a Hadogenes paucidens female, Keep on dry substrate

Very nice!

Kuma wrote:

Its a Hadogenes paucidens female, Keep on dry substrate

Very nice!

Hey thanks! Always nice to learn the latin name and sex lol, so keep on bark chips? or should i get some dried out cocoa fibre?

Dried out cocofibre or sand is fine. So hard to get hold of males!

plus they like to hide between tight gaps and spaces so layered or stacked cork or secure slate is good too

well i might mix some bark chips in with it, or make part of the enclosure bark, probably the bit around the waterbowl, maybe that way might not get dirty so quick lol.

And yeah i hear males grow alot bigger? I had hopes it was male lol

And yeah im gonna try get some rocks together and make some sort of hide soon

Males metasoma grow longer but females are stockier in body size

Example of male

Wow yeah i can see what you mean about the metasoma lol, well yeah like i said ill get some rocks or something and see what i can do with them thanks

Where you said dried out cocoa fibre or sand is fine, i might give sand a go as my emps and my tarantula are both on cocoa fibre, wanna give sand a chance lol

Shes finally caught her first snack

Still on bark chips though, waiting on money lol

Edit: You can see the massive rock ive bunned in there which is on a slant with a nice hiding place beneath, ill try get a pic soon