[Discussion] Parabuthus spp.

They are together with the andro species, pure magic! Gz on that beautiful fresh one!

Thanks GS, this is great stuff!!!

tfleming wrote:

Thanks GS, this is great stuff!!!

Glad you enjoyed the thread. Welcome to the forum tfleming

Specimen: Parabuthus transvaalicus
Sex: Female
Instar: 8

Purpose: Sexing via pectine, the presence of "knobs (basal middle lamella)" near the area where the two pectine meets, signifies a female.
Males do not have these "knobs"

again, very useful! Do they have these points of interests too, at a young age??

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again, very useful! Do they have these points of interests too, at a young age??

Yes Sam bro
They should be able to sex from 2i. I believe their pectine is fixed from birth, it simply gets bigger with each subsequent molt.
Hence, to sex them via pectine at young instars is dependent on the magnification power of your camera's lens.
So far.. i still can't do it with a mere close-up lens but i think Jay can do it with his macro lens..

Are you getting a prime macro lens with your incoming DSLR too? excited for you, there's so much to learn from your breeding projects which i think many will surely benefit from as well

GS wrote:

pluto wrote:

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again, very useful! Do they have these points of interests too, at a young age??

Yes Sam bro
They should be able to sex from 2i. I believe their pectine is fixed from birth, it simply gets bigger with each subsequent molt.
Hence, to sex them via pectine at young instars is dependent on the magnification power of your camera's lens.
So far.. i still can't do it with a mere close-up lens but i think Jay can do it with his macro lens..

Are you getting a prime macro lens with your incoming DSLR too? excited for you, there's so much to learn from your breeding projects which i think many will surely benefit from as well

You can also break off one of the pectines from the 2-3i molt with a razorblade and put it under a 60x or better microscope to check for the basal middle lamella that way as well.

Envyizm wrote:

You can also break off one of the pectines from the 2-3i molt with a razorblade and put it under a 60x or better microscope to check for the basal middle lamella that way as well.

Good suggestion! *thumbs up

instar 4 Pt, brother or sister from the domestic violator

Om nom nom nom.

Can P.leiosoma be sexed with the knobs as well or is it only P.trans?

AnthonyNeubauer wrote:

Can P.leiosoma be sexed with the knobs as well or is it only P.trans?

Yep, liosoma can as well

This is per info:

Parabuthus transvaalicus feeder size info:

instar 2 pinheads
instar 3 crickets size 4-6
instar 4 adult crickets (YES they take them greedily, although they are 1.5x as big as the scorpion)

I dont want this topic to die because these are simply the most awesome creepy crawlers alive!

A pic from some time ago. Instar 3 to instar 4

Been a long time folks, hope all is well! Just had to get on here and let all those who knew about my pending year long PT order with Todd Gearheart. I ended up with both PT's and PL's in the mean time but kept communications up with Todd on my order placed a year ago. He had some problems with his PTs and ended up finding a gravid female. When she finally popped he hooked me up with 9 cb's and also a pair of G. Pulchripe spiderlings. So all faired well in the end. If anyone orders through Todd, my advice is contact him first and order something that is currently in stock and not on it's way. If you do run into the same problem that I did and there problems with WC orders from 3rd world countries just keep the communications up with Todd and he'll hold true!

I'm gonna have to check this thread out again as it looks like there is about 15 more pages on this bad boy since the last time I logged in!

Keep the Parabuthus Love going GS!!

Welcome back Sean. We missed you around here.

Welcome back my dear friend !!

I'm all with DolbyR bro on his comment
We've always enjoyed reading your threads and indulge in scorps discussion with you.
This forum needs ppl like you !!

Warmest Welcome
GS

One of my Pts, freshly moulted instar 5 (my cam is wearing, so sorry for the quality)

iitomodachi1 wrote:

Been a long time folks, hope all is well! Just had to get on here and let all those who knew about my pending year long PT order with Todd Gearheart. I ended up with both PT's and PL's in the mean time but kept communications up with Todd on my order placed a year ago. He had some problems with his PTs and ended up finding a gravid female. When she finally popped he hooked me up with 9 cb's and also a pair of G. Pulchripe spiderlings. So all faired well in the end. If anyone orders through Todd, my advice is contact him first and order something that is currently in stock and not on it's way. If you do run into the same problem that I did and there problems with WC orders from 3rd world countries just keep the communications up with Todd and he'll hold true!

I'm gonna have to check this thread out again as it looks like there is about 15 more pages on this bad boy since the last time I logged in!

Keep the Parabuthus Love going GS!!

omg sean cant believe i missed your post...how are you...please say your coming back to the forum? you are deffo missed dude hows your lil boy doing? and the whole job thing did that all pan out ok?

Well its a bad quality vid, but its the most freaky Pt I have. Its the only one I have trouble with keeping inside its box. On top is a mesh and its the only one that can climb it and demolish it. I had to stack other enclosre on his one to keep HER in. As you can see, the littel trapdoor psycho pt has little manners too. It is only instar 4 but unmatched attitude by anything I have. I d say, raped!

Damn that is a crazy pt. besides my haddy my pt is def my sec fav awsome scorp think of getting another

love that vid

poor cricket didnt stand a chance really lol was clinging on for dear life

lol it was really, I heard some pokpok from the scorpion that hit the side of the tub. But I never saw the cricket again

Its one of those few scorpions that cant care less. You can shake it turn it over shine a spot on its head from up close. It doesnt get nervous, it still attacks whatever comes close.

They are very unpredictable. But some are actually very predictable. Like this one. Albeit more to the ravenous side. Its this one that clung onto an adult female cricket while being instar 3 and being jumped around his entire enclosure untill the cricket was dead.

These scorpions are not that rare and so not really valued, but I say everyone that doesnt have any should look out for some. They have a really high "entertainment and show' value, plus being really big and beautiful when adult. Highly underrated imo. You will get more bang out of these than out of Androctonus species because they just are miles more ruthless.

shame we cant have them in the uk though

Bex, you got to move out of UK already!