New Scorp, need help identifying it.

Got a new scorp today and it was only listed as "Devil Scorp" in the shop and i need help identifying it properly and appropriate conditions for it.

Here's some pics:





Hope these help.

The guys pretty wee only about an inch-inch and a half not measured him properly yet.

BTW this thread would have been made an hour ago but imageshack is just bein a pain ¬_¬ trust that when i desparately need to know what im dealign with eh!!

Cheers folk!!

V. spinigerus(sorry kejs this is just the easiest way to find info)
They name has been changed to Hoffmanius spinigerus.

Barry!! cheers trust them to reclasify it just as i get one, so should i call it Hoffmanius Spinigerus then?

Yes i urge all of you to use the new name but the old name will help with finding info.

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but if imageshack isnt working, try out this link

I agree with V...H.spinigerus

neat little scorpion you got there.

scorpling~ wrote:

sorry if this is off-topic,
but if imageshack isnt working, try out this link

scorpionforum uses servimg.com too I actually cant see most major pic hosting sites.

Ok so ill use Hoffmanius Spingerus on the forum.

What about captive conditions especially when it comes to moulting cause he's tiny.

Moved to ID section.

~Abyss~ wrote:

https://scorpionforum.darkbb.com/caresheets-f29/vaejovis-sp-general-socal-caresheet-t383.htm

Yeah i only thought to check after i said that, sorry mate lol.

If i post pics tomorrow of the tubs setup would you guys be able to tell me how to improve it?

sure thing.

Of course we will. We love to critisize the newbs... I mean help them improve of course.

Jk though. We love to help and we love to see the way other people keep their bugs.

i just like to envy those nice tanks!

Andrew273 wrote:

Of course we will. We love to critisize the newbs... I mean help them improve of course..

Newb?! Cheek!

Ill get a pic up in a wee while

Here's the pic of the setup:



i know the sponge is useless for the waterdish, im in the process of sterilising some gravel to put in there.

Anything else i should change the substrate is calci sand or something about an inch or so deep, i was gonn take most of it out so i can heat the tub from the bottom.

Will i just spray under 1 of the hides every so often incase it comes up for a moult?

EDIT: I just remembered when i looked at it in the shop it was hiding under the sponge in the wtaer dish (it was bone dry btw) and i was just thinking if they dont need to have a water dish will i just mist the sponge for a humid hide?

Get rid of the sponge.

The-Scorp-Whisperer wrote:

i know the sponge is useless for the waterdish, im in the process of sterilising some gravel to put in there.

anything else?

sorry I was in a hurry I just glanced at the pictures. Looks good I just reccomend you add some peat to it. A peat sand mix is better with these species since theyre not exactly desert species.

klkl, how often should i feed it, couple times a week since its a juvenile?

will i occasionally mist under 1 of the hides to allow it to moult?

Thats what i recomend with H.a's but these will do fine dry.

is there any harm in misting under a hide just to be sure.

Are these guys burrowers at all?

Cheers.

Soz for al the questions i just want to get everything right cause this is my first real juvenile scorp other than my flat rock and i dont want it dying on me during a moult.

I would just NOT mist it. You can cause mycosis and such. Just let it be it'll be fine. Just add some peat like I said and feed it whenever it actually eats. It might stop eating before a molt.

klkl, nae bother, whats mycosis btw ive heard it mentioned a lot but dont know what it is.

Mycosis is a fungal infection. Too much humidity for desert species seems to be a factor in its appearance.

These don't burrow, but they will dig out a scrape underneath something.