H. paucidens, M/F?

Just rehoused Bug, my H. paucidens, and after acquiring the emperors the other day and mentioning the possibility of breeding, my wife asked me if this was a boy or girl and if we were going to get another to breed (yes, I know they're non-communal) Can you tell from these shots, or do I need another angle? Yes, that's a dollar coin, little bigger than a quarter at 26mm.

Absolutely, positively, 100% mature male.

Didn't even need the pectines to tell you that

I'm guessing male by the length of the metasoma.

Yay for double posting!

^I was gonna say that

If we posted THAT at the same time...

imagine the lolz.

I think I actually would have said "double post FTW! "

Mr. Mordax wrote:

Absolutely, positively, 100% mature male.

Didn't even need the pectines to tell you that :)

The tail, right? Length and thickness?

Thanks to you both!

Trip

Length -- males of this species have long metasomas. Check out my pic in this subforum -- it should be in the stickified index.

length... hadogenes spp males have really long tails. the only species that doesn't show this is H.titrus.. but you'll be a first to get one of those in the pet trade lol.

Hi, thats female?

Yep

Indeedy.

how can u guys tell the difference?

The males have extremely elongated tails that are usually just as long if not longer than the scorps body. But if it is a female, like the above pic, then you can see that the tail would not be as long as the body of the scorp if it were to be "stretched out".

huh thats very interesting. each scorpion has its own different way of telling

Yep, they like to keep it interesting for us.

yeah i like that scorpion. are they very poisonous?

^No,* the word is "venomous," and keep the sexing threads on-topic please.

To answer the question of "how can you tell," please click here: https://scorpionforum.darkbb.com/sexing-different-scorpion-species-f14/hadogenes-spp-t330.htm

*To more thoroughly answer that question, click here: https://scorpionforum.darkbb.com/envenomation-reports-f20/hadogenes-paucidens-t270.htm

well once the of the specimen is determined, are we supposed to stop the thread there or are we allowed to just talk...

The question is answered, the thread served its purpose -- if the OP is involved I don't really mind, but if it's someone else's thread, off-topic conversations tend to annoy this admin. If you want to discuss an unrelated scorpion topic, post a new thread; if you want to discuss something not scorpion-related at all, check out our community discussions subforum.