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Regards,
GS

Some very nice pictures! Very interesting molting pics!

nice i miss the H.H. group i had im gonna get more haha
great molting pics and setup

Nice picture taking!! You make me want to get one of these little guys.

Nice pics!
That side shot of the roach vs the scorpion was a sweet feeding pic
And it's always a treat to see a quality blacklight pic! It's what makes scorpions even more awesome.

cheers for sharing with us GS, awsome pics

René wrote:

Some very nice pictures! Very interesting molting pics!

Thanks mate, every molt seems as if we've gotten a fresh new scorp in our collection! Thou its the same old one.. ha
I love how clean n soft they look in their molting phase.

TELOW wrote:

nice i miss the H.H. group i had im gonna get more haha
great molting pics and setup

hahaz.. Nice. When you had them, are they being keep communally as adults?
I'm eager to learn about communal setups for HHs

Kristopher wrote:

Nice picture taking!! You make me want to get one of these little guys.

Thanks Kristopher I think you'll know why i liked them.. haha
Btw if you getting some in the near future.. i bet they will love your desert terrariums alot!

H. laoticus wrote:

Nice pics!
That side shot of the roach vs the scorpion was a sweet feeding pic
And it's always a treat to see a quality blacklight pic! It's what makes scorpions even more awesome.

Thanks mate, that feeding and blacklight pictures are definitely my favorites
They fact that scorps glows-in-the-dark does seem to lessen the fear in those who has bad misconception about them..
Whenever my colleagues walk to my desk and sees pictures of scorps on my desktop.. they go like "eEeeEEkKs! why did you like these creepy animals?!?!"

but once they see the blacklight pics.. they'll go like " WOW... how did they do that ???"

Manser wrote:

cheers for sharing with us GS, awsome pics

Thanks mate! Glad you liked them

i did i had a 10 gal with 15or them in it haha but alot of hides
there not bad to keep together if you feed them good just have to watch for babies
the others will go for them so its good to take out the ones with babies asap
until they leave the moms back

TELOW wrote:

i did i had a 10 gal with 15or them in it haha but alot of hides
there not bad to keep together if you feed them good just have to watch for babies
the others will go for them so its good to take out the ones with babies asap
until they leave the moms back

Wow.. Nice work there. Its really fantastic to see scorps in a communal setup and would definitely love to try out for my H. Hottentottas one day

Awesome pics!! I love em' I'm still waiting until I'm lucky enough to catch one of mine mid molt!! I love those set ups too - same as your PT's
Hottentotta Hottentotta look a lot like the H. Trilineatus just a bit darker, but I love the chelea right after the molt, they look like they glow in the dark (like glow in the dark toys and stuff not literally as we know they do lolz!).

Sweet pics GS. Really like the ones you're levels with the scorp, give a nice perspective. How do you get so low without looking through the side of a tank?

iitomodachi1 wrote:

Awesome pics!! I love em' I'm still waiting until I'm lucky enough to catch one of mine mid molt!! I love those set ups too - same as your PT's
Hottentotta Hottentotta look a lot like the H. Trilineatus just a bit darker, but I love the chelea right after the molt, they look like they glow in the dark (like glow in the dark toys and stuff not literally as we know they do lolz!).

I like their fresh white chela too when they just had a molt.. perhaps it's to compensate their inability to glow under blacklight before their exo hardens.. lol

and Yes, H. Trilineatus and H. Hottentotta are indeed similar.. except that Trilineatus is more evil looking. I like it!

JamieLawrence wrote:

Sweet pics GS. Really like the ones you're levels with the scorp, give a nice perspective. How do you get so low without looking through the side of a tank?

Thanks mate.
Oh i use my camera phone.. the "camera hole" is right at the end of the phone.. and it's slim enough to go on the inside of the tank

Haha nice trick and nice camera on that phone. Wish I could get the dslr to slip inside a tank

Yup, my DSLR is not fitting in my tank!!

hahaz.. unless the tank is big enuff.. or have a setup up purely for photoshoot like hauser.. his photos makes me fall more in love with scorpions..

Btw.. i just found another video of my H. Hottentotta wrestling with a mealworm..
Not fantastic but feel free to check it out if you haven't.. can kill some time.. lolz


Video >> H. Hottentotta Vs Mealworm

Cheers,
GS

Woah, the speed on that! Yes Hauser's set-up is amazing, keep up the good work mate.

JamieLawrence wrote:

Woah, the speed on that! Yes Hauser's set-up is amazing, keep up the good work mate.

Thanks Jamie

My Hottentotta Hottentotta's first brood:

This Hottentotta mum measures about 2 Inch (body length excluding tail) and had a fairly small brood of about 15-20 but man.. her scorplings are HUGE!!

btw she is also a glutton..

One day prior to birthing her precious babies.. she eating.
One day AFTER given birth.. she eating.
2nd day after given birth... Dammit.. she still FREAKING EATING!!!

Enjoy

Better keep feeding her so she doesn't get tempted by the snacks on her back!! Pumping out that many babies has got to drain her, so it is probably good!! Beautiful pics and congrats!! My H. Trilineatus average broods that size, I've had 3 so far and 30 was the biggest.

Wow awesome pics GS! congratulations they are gorgeous! keep on feeding dont want her munching the wee ones lol

iitomodachi1 wrote:

Better keep feeding her so she doesn't get tempted by the snacks on her back!! Pumping out that many babies has got to drain her, so it is probably good!!

Most scorps have a suppressed appetite while carrying to prevent that . . . and in some, the stress of dealing with prey might induce cannibalism. The general consensus is that one should leave mom alone until 2I start to wander around.

Mr. Mordax wrote:

iitomodachi1 wrote:

Better keep feeding her so she doesn't get tempted by the snacks on her back!! Pumping out that many babies has got to drain her, so it is probably good!!

Most scorps have a suppressed appetite while carrying to prevent that . . . and in some, the stress of dealing with prey might induce cannibalism. The general consensus is that one should leave mom alone until 2I start to wander around.

How about if you head crush the prey item?? That was what I did with all, hopefully I'm not stressing them out :/
I would always make sure the cricket was nothing but twitching for both moms and the babies. I didn't want her to stress out or exert too much energy chasing prey and I didn't want the prey to eat any babies either. When moms closed herself off in the burrow I left her alone though

I'm not trying to debate or question I genuinely want to know as I know I probably already have more gravid females in my Hottentotta tank.

Do this sp really doesnt need a mate to get preggy?im having one this coming sat..im excited

levi wrote:

Do this sp really doesnt need a mate to get preggy?im having one this coming sat..im excited

Just as my other post, I can not say for certain but I think you are correct. But the question is; is it only the females that can do this and can they still reproduce normally? I don't know much about this. Wish my HT's were like that but then again maybe they are and that explains the broods they have been turning out :/

Im kinda wondering if this is really is true..well its like hh is the virgin mary of the scorpion world doing an immaculate conception thing..hehe