[Discussion] Androctonus spp.

here is a another view can anyone tell me if it is a regular bicolor or bicolor aeneas?

I'm afraid I can't help man. Not yet an expert on the morphology.

oh look what just walked in !! my lady went out and rescued !! she said it looked hurt so she got it lol!! its kinda cool looking!!

those whipscorpions freak me out! Where is your bicolor caught? how big is it? Males tend to be very small. Is it highly glossy and has it got a heavy granulated back (first tail segment and last body segment) + reddish pinchers?

leathalreptiles wrote:

here is a front pic of my androctonus bicolor it looked cool so im posting it lol! and a couple more ! :venom:

lol i almost have the exavt same pic. This is supposed to be a t. highlandplateau caught aeneas male. It is very small. As big as the last bone of your index finger tall.. Two of them fit in a bottlecap at the same time, without much problems.

it was caught in egypt somewhere lol thats all i know, but she is like 2 and a half inches long head to tail right now ,the guy said it was a true bicolor not a morph , i just had to know for sure that it was a true bicolor ,but no mine is deff bigger body than yours.

mabe this will help you out on the id of it?it was jet black till i fed it you can kinda see what i mean here!

its like it turned red or light brown all over when you look at it in bright light, it was jet black before i fed it !or is it gonna molt or somthing?? could that be why it turned a lighter color??

also where is a good place to get an androctonus australius from? any one out there that could point me in the right direction i would be great!

mabe somone will send me an aeneas lol jk then i could compare them lmao!!! it was worth a try lol!! but i think it has yellowish brown pinchers from what i see up close so anyones guess is as good as mine on this one!

A. australis is not that har to find for sale right now........ Kenthebugguy.com ......
Swiftsinverts.com ..........Heck I even have some for trade............I want bicolors....
but those two web sites a have them

thanks for the heads up on that ! ill check it out ,sorry if i had more bicolors i would trade but right now im just starting to build up my scorpion collection and only have one bicolor and a whip scorpion .

I'd say it is a real bicolor. And a very big one at that! They dont go bigger than 8cm usually..
Yours seems bigger, almost australis size. And australis are tanks compared to bicolors.

Notice the difference in size of the pinchers too.. yours are much bigger and bulkier, the ones here are longer and more slender..
I think I am not the only one noticing it, apart from different colors and a slightly more matte look.


I cannot explain the color change as mine never had this and stayed black...

Btw are those the same scorpions? Because the top one looks male with the FAT tail and lower ones look female to me...

yes they are the same one i only have the one scorpion and my wife has the whip scorp thats all we have for now till i find an australis too add to my collection.for some reason today it is back to black color so im not sure if it was just the light that made it look that color or something ?!

the strait on pic was took same day as the top side pic thats what made me think it was the light cause the front side pic is how it looks today real black ! i think i just took pic in too bright a light or something so it looked lighter.my lady said i was crazy she said its black ! but yes she is a big scorp i would say she is a female i got a pic of the underside too ill post.

blury but u can see kinda !.. :venom:

@pluto
I really enjoyed looking at your posted pics bro. Awesome angles there!
Thanks for posting it up

@leathalreptiles
Hey bro,
That A.bicolors' a male? counted the pectine? Very nice specimen

Some random iphone shots of my A.bicolor male. 7th instar:

wow his tail looks amazing! once i win the lottery the first thing im gonna do is get a DWA licence or leave this country lol

GS you have an Androctonus on your hand sir.

Lol the hand is still ok, but when one stings you on your wrist, I'd rather not be you on that moment. Damn beautiful andros though and holy crap, it is a great swatch idea!

Nice.

Now do it with the australis :-p

that is kinda crazy !! but i must say nice scorp!!! thanks for clearing the sex of it up ! glad to know its a male now i just need to find a female to breed him with!!!