how do you tell the age of a scorpion

i just wanted to know if anyone could help me with two things :


1 how old does a pandinus emperator scorpion have to be to mate

2 how do you tell the age of a pandinus emperator scorpion

any help will do thanks for reading:)

1) an adult!
2) you ask the person/place you bought it from to tell you what instar it's at - if they don't know then you're up the creek w/out a paddle on that one

i heard something about the colour of the sting

kfc rocks wrote:

i heard something about the colour of the sting

The telson gets darker with age, yes - but it's not how you tell the age of the scorp

You can't tell the exact age of a scorpion by its telson, but you can tell if it's an adult (it will be brown).

Mr. Mordax wrote:

You can't tell the exact age of a scorpion by its telson, but you can tell if it's an adult (it will be brown).

I thought you could tell by counting how many legs it has? Shock Awe Shock&Awe!!!

cool thanks

Rasputin wrote:

Mr. Mordax wrote:

You can't tell the exact age of a scorpion by its telson, but you can tell if it's an adult (it will be brown).

I thought you could tell by counting how many legs it has? Shock Awe Shock&Awe!!!

lol stop confusing people!
post a picture and we may be able to help.

_scorpio_ wrote:

lol stop confusing people!
post a picture and we may be able to help.

What? Me confusing?

Jordan, a picture isn't going to help you tell the age of the scorp....but if it has 8 legs...

its kinda confusin...


i think any way thanks

cats go meow lol ><> ><> fishys lol

Rasputin wrote:

What? Me confusing?

Trying to, yes. "Hehe, I know something someone else doesn't... *makes a joke*"

Plbtttt!

oh and sorry my camra gone all mentaly retarded cant upload any pics...


yet

until then thx for offerin

kfc rocks wrote:

oh and sorry my camra gone all gay cant upload any pics...
yet
until then thx for offerin

LOOK FOR THE EDIT IN THAT QUOTE, we have members of such an influence

your just like my history teacher lol! (apart from being male and the tattoos and stuff....).
he didn't mean it in an offensive way! its like people saying "for god's sake!" there not actually insulting god its just a habit.

I know, it's still something to point out as a courtesy for our fellow members

your just moaning because you can! lol!
anyway we have got vastly off subject. emperor scorpions sold over here in pet shops are normally sub-adult or adult as they look more impressive and sell better. you can normally tell the difference between sub-adult and adult because the adults always seem to have bigger claws. but when it comes to telling other instars apart it gets difficult to accurately know unless you had it from birth.

_scorpio_ wrote:

your just moaning because you can! lol!
anyway we have got vastly off subject. emperor scorpions sold over here in pet shops are normally sub-adult or adult as they look more impressive and sell better. you can normally tell the difference between sub-adult and adult because the adults always seem to have bigger claws. but when it comes to telling other instars apart it gets difficult to accurately know unless you had it from birth.

Whatever Jordan.

So, who documented that claws are how you differentiate juvie from adult? Did Mikes post get ignored? Define "sub-adult", what instar is that again - how old does that make the scorpion?

Rasputin wrote:

_scorpio_ wrote:

your just moaning because you can!

Whatever Jordan.

So, who documented that claws are how you differentiate juvie from adult? Did Mikes post get ignored? Define "sub-adult", what instar is that again - how old does that make the scorpion?

Flippin hell, could the question just be answered without sarcasm or jokes etc Jeez
I'm sure the OP would find it much more helpful

Rasputin wrote:

kfc rocks wrote:

oh and sorry my camra gone all gay cant upload any pics...
yet
until then thx for offerin

LOOK FOR THE EDIT IN THAT QUOTE, we have members of such an influence

First thing I have agreed with you on

I know he didn't mean it in an offensive way... and I (and others) generally don't take it as such. But it's still not something to encourage, when it's roots lie in the fact that "Gay = bad".

Here:
"Q: How old is my Emperor?
A: There is absolutely no way of telling unless you have bred and raised them yourself. You can tell if it’s and adult or not by the color of the telson (The bulbous looking thing the stinger is attached to). If it’s white it’s a juvenile, if it’s a milky darker white than it is a sub-adult, if its dark red/brown then it is an adult"

Taken from here: Frequently Asked Questions about Emperor Scorpions (P. Imperator)

Rasputin wrote:

Define "sub-adult", what instar is that again - how old does that make the scorpion?

the instar before adult in whatever species you are talking about...
and it isnt exactly going to be possible to find out how old the scorp is without having kept it from birth anyway.

anyway ill stop being sarcastic now lol!

Nevermind, I quit, I'm surrounded by people that would rather waste time asking questions that the answers are already posted at the top of each forum and read the posts than actually look at the top of the forum at the actual answers - I'm going back over to atshq, I'll come back to post if/when scorpopedia is back up

hey kfc rocks, there's a sticky in this section for frequently asked questions. You can check that out first and ask us any others questions you may have. I know I didn't bother reading anything when I first came here