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MooSmoo
Hadogenes
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Age : 30
Location : London, UK
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scorpion111
Post-whore
Number of posts : 3455
Age : 22
Location : scotland
Registration date : 2008-04-07
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer 6/1/2008, 5:41 am | |
| i definetly think its a spinifer. |
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_scorpio_
Androctonus
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Age : 23
Location : St leonards... ENGLAND
Registration date : 2008-04-11
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer 6/1/2008, 9:44 am | |
| smooth claws...not an emp...good so far H. spinifer or possibly H. longimanus?  dont listen to me though... wait for an expert opinion |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer 6/1/2008, 10:10 am | |
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nymphetaminion
Tityus
Number of posts : 668
Age : 31
Location : NB,Canada
Registration date : 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer 6/1/2008, 2:23 pm | |
| looks just like mine..my guess is Het. spinifer too |
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MooSmoo
Hadogenes
Number of posts : 89
Age : 30
Location : London, UK
Registration date : 2008-06-01
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MooSmoo
Hadogenes
Number of posts : 89
Age : 30
Location : London, UK
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bjaeger
Leiurus
Number of posts : 2282
Age : 29
Location : Pennsylvania, US
Registration date : 2008-04-29
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer 6/1/2008, 5:00 pm | |
| What'd you feed it? Looks bloody  |
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MooSmoo
Hadogenes
Number of posts : 89
Age : 30
Location : London, UK
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bjaeger
Leiurus
Number of posts : 2282
Age : 29
Location : Pennsylvania, US
Registration date : 2008-04-29
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer 6/1/2008, 5:28 pm | |
| Ya, a bit. Might just be some of the substrate  |
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MooSmoo
Hadogenes
Number of posts : 89
Age : 30
Location : London, UK
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Mr. Mordax
Administrator
Number of posts : 7743
Age : 31
Location : PNW
Registration date : 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer 6/2/2008, 9:01 am | |
| Brown telson would suggest H. longimanus -- remember, only the males have the huge chela in that species.
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*Connie*
Post-whore
Number of posts : 3705
Age : 33
Location : England
Registration date : 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer 6/2/2008, 3:19 pm | |
| I was thinking "long claw" but didnt know the larger chela belonged only to the males so I thought I was wrong...sounds like it might have been right in my guess *SQUEEE*
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rafiqos
Centruroides
Number of posts : 104
Age : 35
Location : Malaysia
Registration date : 2008-04-21
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer 6/3/2008, 1:54 am | |
| - IHeartMantids wrote:
- Brown telson would suggest H. longimanus -- remember, only the males have the huge chela in that species.
Brown telson is one of the characteristics of an adult Longimanus. I have read somewhere (not sure where) that Spinifers have black telson. The most accurate defining characteristics would rather be granulation. Can you also take a close-up aerial shot of the carapace? That would really help.
Here's a couple of links that I often refer to for IDing Heterometrus (if you haven't found them already! - LOL).
1. Granulation
2. Kovarik's Review
And owh if I may add, my favourite Heterometrus would be the Laoticus! |
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Mr. Mordax
Administrator
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Age : 31
Location : PNW
Registration date : 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer 6/3/2008, 8:57 am | |
| I believe H. spinifer can have a black or brown telson . . . so it's probably one of the two. My H. longimanus is actually a lot more on the red side than the specimen in question, so that might lean my thinking more towards H. spinifer. My H. laoticus only lasted a month. 
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~Abyss~
Administrator
Number of posts : 6472
Age : 28
Location : Los Angeles Cali.
Registration date : 2008-02-05
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer 6/3/2008, 12:14 pm | |
| Telson color is NOT a good way to ID unless your trying to find out if it's emp. It doesnt look like a longimanus to me...and H. spinifers are have smooth telsons...NOT HAIRY. |
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arachnid
Pandinus
Number of posts : 28
Age : 36
Registration date : 2008-06-13
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer 6/13/2008, 3:50 pm | |
| i bet thats h. spinifer though!
telson really isn't the way to id the spp unless its an emp.
h. longi has a smooth pinchers and h. spinifer has bubbles in the pinchers!
base on the pic i bet it is a spinifer |
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*Connie*
Post-whore
Number of posts : 3705
Age : 33
Location : England
Registration date : 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: Heterometrus spinifer 8/17/2008, 2:40 pm | |
| H. laoticus is what I hope I have! will try to take ID pics! but dont want to jump on thread but mine have black telsons. chela is smooth but some "lines" along them.
But no "bubbles" on chela or head or anywhere. |
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