[Sharing] WHO MOLTED TODAY? (Post molting pics here!)

after hours (4-5) of molting process, finally a success.

Androctonus australis 6i - 7i male (11-23-2011)
#1 - around 3pm


#2


#3


#4


#5 - tail got stuck for over an hour so i put a little extra effort with pair of forceps and water


#6 - exhausted


#7


#8 - take a long rest my friend

wow awesome capture! well done i never find mine mid molt always just before and after lol
just love a freshly molted scorp

i always check my pets especially the pre-molt one fortunately i was able to help him out because he was stuck for a couple of hours. thank God i thought hes not gonna make it to 7i..

haha im always checking my pre molts yet they always elude me and molt very quickly when im not watching lolz

So it's not a cake walk after 4i? I've heard that after you get them through 4i, we don't have to worry about them anymore. I guess that's not true! How did you help?

*~BEX~* wrote:

haha im always checking my pre molts yet they always elude me and molt very quickly when im not watching lolz

thats funny. somehow reminds me of tom and jerry show haha

tfleming wrote:

So it's not a cake walk after 4i? I've heard that after you get them through 4i, we don't have to worry about them anymore. I guess that's not true! How did you help?

i damped a little volume of water to the tail to soften the exoskeleton and carefully remove it little by little. it's very delicate it took me an hour to remove all the shedskin.

Thanks for the molting info supplied Obeah

& yeah.. great captures!

Especially #2... awesome!

I just had 6 Andro's molt from 3i to 4i and I didn't get to see none of it. All 6 buried themselves and I didn't see a single scorpion for 2wks. then suddenly all but 1 has emerged. I figure he went in 4 to5 days after the others so he'll surface soon. Interesting note! I got a second group of 10 of 2i that I put in a button kit box and 1 has died during the molt above ground. Of the rest 4 molted above ground the other 5 have buried themselves. Go figure!!!

Interesting..

I thought so. Another thing that I've noticed with Andro's, is the putting 1 pedipalp under the sand during an aggressive act. What's up with that?

tfleming wrote:

I thought so. Another thing that I've noticed with Andro's, is the putting 1 pedipalp under the sand during an aggressive act. What's up with that?

We may wish to discuss this interesting behavior over here

https://scorpionforum.darkbb.com/t7664-capturing-scorpion-behavior-post-them-here#91911

My bicolors usually stay burrowed, but they always molt on the surface. Maybe in your setup, the moisture is higher at the lower levels.

Sure thing GS, I'm ADD sometimes! Thanks LOL!!! Good point DolbyR, that could be!

GS wrote:

Thanks for the molting info supplied Obeah

& yeah.. great captures!

Especially #2... awesome!

thanks GS. your my idol in capturing scorpion moments.

here's my newly molted Aa early today.

Wow stunning!

Obeah wrote:

GS wrote:

Thanks for the molting info supplied Obeah

& yeah.. great captures!

Especially #2... awesome!

thanks GS. your my idol in capturing scorpion moments.

here's my newly molted Aa early today.

What instar is that? Nice pic BTW!

a 7i male. thanks!

Obeah,

What does that beauty measure? 7i is the last molt on these? Or is there one more?

My Iomachus politus moulted from 4i to 5i yesterday .

Here it is before.



It took food whilst looking like that ^^^ so I didn't have a clue it was in pre-moult. I just thought it was fat. Anyway, had a look in its tub yesterday and found this.



Happy days, a sparkly 'new' scorpion lol. Just got to wait another 10 years until it moults again haha. These guys are unbeleivably slow growers!!

Callum, great capture.
I love the gloss and the color contrast with the legs with the newly molted
Yep.. mostly likely its another "10 years" for the next molt.. ha

My long awaited Heterometrus Mysorensis finally pulled a molt on me! So much bigger now she is! Here are some pics .



She was hard to photograph as she kept moving, enjoy the pics.

Annababe wrote:

Obeah,

What does that beauty measure? 7i is the last molt on these? Or is there one more?

i can say hes about 6.5cm +/-. hes smaller than my other males. chelaes are not that bulbous, thinner metasoma but alike in body length.
i dont know if its hes last molt, males matures at 7i as far as i know.

Obeah wrote:

males matures at 7i as far as i know.

That is correct (Androctonus australis males)

+1 @ GS

Henderson wrote:

My long awaited Heterometrus Mysorensis finally pulled a molt on me! So much bigger now she is! Here are some pics .
She was hard to photograph as she kept moving, enjoy the pics.

nice photos sir. you captured your scorp amazingly. what instar is it now?

Hottentotta caboverdensis 3i