Euscorpius flavicaudis

Hey guys just thought Id pop these pics up and show you this tiny lil fella
got a bad attitude though, it managed to tag me but im pretty sure it hasnt penetrated my skin lmao



and this giant object in there with it is a regular chopstick lol

awww still a wee baby.

cool it'll be awesome when it gets bigger.

Wow, where'd you find those?

It's one of mine i got last year from leeds show

I dont think they have the strength to penetrate skin at this size graham.

Although it is quite interesting how it has gone from being quite laid back while it was with the others to being a little feisty now it is on it's own.

BTW mine have stopped eating and are dark and round so watch out for a shed very soon

they definetly cant penetrate the skin lol
cant blame it for being feisty I did poke it outta its hide lol so I made it angry really lmao

you mean nasty person lol!

I know I know, but I was trying to find it as it wasnt visible I took all the slate outta there and Uh-Oh it was nowhere to be seen, it had covered itself in the dirt bout 5 mm under the substrate lol so wshesn I founds it, it sort of panicked and ran round in circles faster than a pokie then got my finger lmao
dont think its worth doing a sting report tho lo

I don't think I've seen that species before...gonna go look it up. It is so cute. I'm enjoying my babies. There is something very cool about raising a scorpion up and having them molt and get bigger...colors change, etc. Thanks for sharing. I hope ya make it Lycan...would be sad to see ya taken down by such a wee killer

I have a Euscorpius ssp too. Mine has a nice temper and I've handled it alot. It once tried to climb from my finger and up the glass in it's box (they push themselves higher using their tail), and it felt like I stung my fingertip on a really sharp needle, but couldn't see anything afterwards.
I saw it take out a cricket almost twice its own size the other day, so I guess small can be just as good
(and yes, it ate the whole thing too )

I have observed euscorpius taking larger prey.

on one feeding session I accidentally dropped a larger cricket in and thought oh no! tried to catch it but you know how quick little crickets are.
It crawled under the slate and when i picked it up to catch the cricket, the little scorp had already got it.
it has to be said... they're tough little fella's!

strange how they can do that when they have ultra-weak venom.
whats their adult size btw?
really wanna go find some of these in the new forest now

adult size is about 45mm