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 Operculum pic I think my large female may be a giant male. Input?

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Sithis
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PostSubject: Operculum pic I think my large female may be a giant male. Input?   2/18/2010, 2:59 pm


What do you think? It is shaped more like an oval than a heart the pectines dont have long feathers. I will try to get a better pic but my camera sucks. The thing is this scorp is huge. way bigger than the ones @ local pet shops. I will try and get something to show physical size
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PostSubject: Re: Operculum pic I think my large female may be a giant male. Input?   2/18/2010, 3:28 pm

From the pic it looks like a male
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PostSubject: Re: Operculum pic I think my large female may be a giant male. Input?   2/18/2010, 3:38 pm

Thats what I thought last night when i took the pic.

Man I feel so stupid....

A week ago I bought a male hoping to mate them Bang Head

the thing is they tried to. What maybe he has been in the pen for too long.
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PostSubject: Re: Operculum pic I think my large female may be a giant male. Input?   2/18/2010, 5:44 pm

http://www.lunarfish.com/scrapple/SCORPIONS/SexingEmperorScorpions.jpg
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PostSubject: Re: Operculum pic I think my large female may be a giant male. Input?   2/18/2010, 8:17 pm

pectines look just like my males. id say male.
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PostSubject: Re: Operculum pic I think my large female may be a giant male. Input?   2/19/2010, 4:04 am

The operculum is a much more accurate focus to go by.
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PostSubject: Re: Operculum pic I think my large female may be a giant male. Input?   2/19/2010, 4:05 am

Sithis wrote:
A week ago I bought a male hoping to mate them Bang Head

the thing is they tried to. What maybe he has been in the pen for too long.


Maybe the other one is a female? Post a pic if unsure Smile
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PostSubject: Re: Operculum pic I think my large female may be a giant male. Input?   2/19/2010, 7:24 am

Ill try and get one up tonight or tomorrow. Thanks
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PostSubject: Re: Operculum pic I think my large female may be a giant male. Input?   2/19/2010, 8:45 am

Yeah dude its male. Like binky said looking at the operculum it appears to be male as well as the pectines are long.
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PostSubject: Re: Operculum pic I think my large female may be a giant male. Input?   2/19/2010, 9:28 am

Though I dont have a pic of my smaller one it is definitely a male. I am gonna try to trade at a local petshop. If not maybe someone here will trade
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PostSubject: Re: Operculum pic I think my large female may be a giant male. Input?   2/20/2010, 10:22 pm

Try using your camera's macro mode (usually represented by a tulip) and spotlighting the scorp with a flashlight so the camera knows what to focus on.

I'm going to go against the flow here and suggest female -- I can see a heart shape pointing down and the pectines don't look very large.

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PostSubject: Re: Operculum pic I think my large female may be a giant male. Input?   2/20/2010, 10:40 pm

thats what i was thinking because mine has small pectines and small pectine teeth.

and you guys all said mine looked female along with all the research on sexing scorpions i looked up

i just didnt wanna say anything because im still a noob to this hobby Very Happy
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