Does size matter? ;)

How many people here keep small species of scorpions?
Some of the species I keep are only 2 or 3cm (around an inch) when fully grown,including the tail.
And how many of you keep large species?
What size are they? The largest Australian species only grow to around 12/14cm (approx 5") including tail.
I keep a mix of both,but I like the smaller species(mostly Lychas spp.) better

I keep a number of small species, and a couple of properly tiny species. Chaerilus celebensis is probably the smallest one at a couple of cm in size. I'm not sizest (ha) but I have to say raising the young of really small species can be a bit of a pain because of the tiny food you have to get hold of, that's really only of any use for that one brood.

I'll tell you what's a great species in terms of size. Protoiurus kraepelini. It's certainly not the largest species I own, but it gives birth to huge young, and at 2i they'll easily manage medium sized brown crickets. No fiddling about with tiny, spring-loaded baby crickets!

Hmm, the largest species I keep is P********* *******s ( ), that's around 14cm.

It's what you do with it that matters

I have V.carolinianus and V.coahuliae. I also saw a scorpion at a local store labelled as a chile scorpion that I quite liked the look of. Quick little guy he was.

Lychas spp. or a relative I guess,all I get from searching "chile scorpion" is results on hot Chillies!

I think it looked more like ones that TSS had a while back that I also considered. The name for those ones being bothriurus coriaceus. Looked at both the species you mentioned plus the one I just put and it looked more like a bothriurus coriaceus.

EDIT: Actually more like a bothriurus keyserlingi after following on from the bothriurus coriaceus results.

They look great! I would snap them up. Taxonomically there seems to be little concise information available regarding species. A desert species,but from a cooler climate. They look to be a heavier built scorpion,leading me to think they would occupy a scape under a rock or wood,with a short burrow that they can block off when in moult or birthing,I could be wrong,but just their build seems to indicate they aren't a surface dwelling foraging species. They may be an obligate burrowing species,but generally a cooler climate means that a species doesn't have to have a deep burrow to regulate their temperature and will spend more time at the entrance of their burrow or guarding it. Very interesting! Buy them!!!

All the studies are in spanish,give me a while

Dave Dunn wrote:

They look great! I would snap them up. Taxonomically there seems to be little concise information available regarding species. A desert species,but from a cooler climate. They look to be a heavier built scorpion,leading me to think they would occupy a scape under a rock or wood,with a short burrow that they can block off when in moult or birthing,I could be wrong,but just their build seems to indicate they aren't a surface dwelling foraging species. They may be an obligate burrowing species,but generally a cooler climate means that a species doesn't have to have a deep burrow to regulate their temperature and will spend more time at the entrance of their burrow or guarding it. Very interesting! Buy them!!!

I was very tempted. Can't push my luck at the moment though as one of my t's has recently hatched some slings.