[Discussion] Parabuthus spp.

hi my fellow hobbyist! drop here, since i have 2 species of Parabuthus, here's the pics.

Parabuthus pallidus, currently at 5i


Parabuthus tranvalicus, molted few days back, currently at 3i, but here's the pic at 2i


Parabuthus species

Obeah wrote:

heres my male P. transvaalicus. a badass with he's new suite. molted lastweek

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Very posionous photos

I'm happy to report that I'm now a member of the Parabuthus Club . I acquired a P. liosoma from Ken a few days ago.
I wanted the adult he had for sale, but someone beat me to it, so I purchased one of his smaller individuals. Here's some pics:


I didn't ask, but I would guess this guy is 4i or 5i. The coin is 1 inch (2.5cm) in diameter.






Let's dig us a home. The little bugger is like a Beagle with 8 legs.

Congrats! He's a good lookin one

I agree; I really like the coloration. I was considering getting a H. arizonensis pallidus, but I didn't want to spend 2 weeks
drying out the substrate. I'll save that project for this summer . These guys only need a couple inches of sand and a hide.

Indeed. They are incredibly easy to care for, but also in my experience incredibly shy. They are beautiful scorpions though. I love the "organic" look of the black tip. Congrats!

shebeen wrote:

I agree; I really like the coloration. I was considering getting a H. arizonensis pallidus, but I didn't want to spend 2 weeks
drying out the substrate. I'll save that project for this summer . These guys only need a couple inches of sand and a hide.

what is its gender sir? nice specie!

Obeah wrote:

what is its gender sir? nice specie!

I'm unsure of the gender as I haven't been able to get a decent ventral photo. I've got it housed in a small kritter
keeper that sits in a 2.5gal glass tank. My camera doesn't focus well through that much glass and plastic. The
scorp's been out two nights in a row trying to climb the sides of the tank, so eventually I hope to get a clear shot
of the pectines.

For Parabuthus species a pectine count isn't required to sex them. There are quite obvious differences in males and females. In adults the chela of males are quite bulbous, and all females have the pronounced "tooth" on the basal middle lamella. Examples are here.

I'm sure that most of our users already know this (including you Richard), and it has been covered in this thread before. The link I provided offers very clear examples of the sexual dimorphism in the genera as well as a lot of other useful information.

Yep, this thread is a great resource. I took a few more pics this morning and I think I have one that shows the
enlarged lamellae of a female.

Nice. Now get her a male!

I want to get a little more experience under my belt before I start a breeding project. But, yeah, I hear ya.

Positive female.
Welcome to the Parabuthus group btw

Thanks GS. Your caresheet has been a big help. My gal took down a medium cricket last night, so now I'm looking
forward to getting her through her remaining molts to adulthood.

Your female should have a good appetite and gets "plump-up" real quick to proceed to the next molt.
Do keep her adequately hydrated and her enclosure well-ventilated.

Glad that you find my caresheet useful shebeen.
This Parabuthus spp thread consolidates many of the good observations from the forumers here as well.

I'm sure we can learn from you too.

Cheers,

Can i revive this thread? . My P Trans ate her very first meal after her molt to 5i .

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No worries, it has not exceeded the "grave-digging" timeline.

These are my first scorpions cause I am not really that much of a scorpionman. Lucky for me I started with adults and I have had some good luck already.

Oh wow! Thats a beautiful pair u got there!

Nice! Saw your earlier post on them at the pictures section.
Are they Parabuthus pallidus?
Good luck as in a brood was given? Feel free to share here

meteor wrote:

These are my first scorpions cause I am not really that much of a scorpionman. Lucky for me I started with adults and I have had some good luck already.

That's a heck of a species to start with. Good find and/or buy. Looks like Parabuthus pallidus as GS mentioned in the previous post.

My friend, hows your multiple brood of P.transvaalicus doing?
Cleared off most of them ? If i rem correctly, your slings could have reach 5-6i now.

Its one of my goal to house a communal setup of adults in the same enclosure.
Probably testing out 5 pairs in the future

GS wrote:

My friend, hows your multiple brood of P.transvaalicus doing?
Cleared off most of them ? If i rem correctly, your slings could have reach 5-6i now.

Its one of my goal to house a communal setup of adults in the same enclosure.
Probably testing out 5 pairs in the future

I have about 36 individuals from the previous 150+. Yes, they're all 4-5i at the moment with a few scrawny 3i. I still have the original 2 pair I had previously. I may attempt to do a 10 gallon communal enclosure for the 2 pairs and see how things go.

Great progress. Keep this thread updated when you do

GS wrote:

Nice! Saw your earlier post on them at the pictures section.
Are they Parabuthus pallidus?
Good luck as in a brood was given? Feel free to share here

Nope, no brood yet. I did the mating the other day
As far as I know this is a different species I am very proud of them so any hints I give will identify them way to easy.