[Discussion] Androctonus spp.

Damn, Andro on his hand

I dont have the balls GS has, but really if you let them walk onto your hand and dont restrict their movement or make hasty movements yourself, the chances of getting stung are really small...

That said, even with a little chance of getting stung, I don't take the risk. Not deadly but I'm sure the pain when getting stung is out of this world.

pluto, what´s going on with your preggo bicolor? She gonna pop soon?

Not sure, my guess is somewhere mid july...
But thats only my guess. I have no idea with these species when you see the white blobs how far she is. It could be just fresh embryo that need to grow or it could be almost ready to pop if you see them.

Really, no clue. She is getting huge though.. I think she can barely walk and now she has finally stopped eating too.. So maybe an omen

Good luck with her,dude!
I´m searching for 2 at the moment, but theres nobody with a bicolor in my country.
Will probably be taking an LQ or an australis in the meanwhile though to make the step to hot species.

Those are cool too and not as nervous as Bicolors! Good thinking

Bicolors will stay the love of my life though. If you see them walking with their huge tails and sick aura/appearance you wil know why.

They just have the dont [does your mother know you talk like that?] with me attitude with them even though they are tiny!

Thanks, will try to take a pic, but she is hiding mostly now

Well my A. bicolor has stopped eating too^^ might pop soon then.

Beside Lq, australis and the occasional amoreuxi, you can´t find anything here. Even for these, you need to know the people, as the local forums have banned the trade with so called "lethal" species, it´s a pain.

Btw GS, that male isnt very black, was it freshly molted?

@Will3
Keen eye there.
Pic was taken 2 weeks after molting to adulthood.

@pluto
Hope July will bring you the huge bundle of A.bicolors joy my friend!

@DolbyR
Bro, if you are to choose one btwn AA & LQ, i think the former will be a better choice.
Of cos, if space allows.. can get both

I must admit i'm bias towards Australis.. especially Hectors and Tunisia morph.
They are the sole reason why i got into desert specimens.

@GS
Where do you live btw, europe?

@DolbyR
There is a Leiurus sp. native to Turkey, it's the Leiurus abdullahbayrami
EDIT: Androctonus crassicuda is also native to Turkey.

SE Asia

GS wrote:

SE Asia

Will export to Sweden be possible in the future of your breeding projects?

Probably, i found this picture on Scorpion Files.


Photo: Dr. Kadir Bogaç Kunt (C)
http://www.ntnu.no/ub/scorpion-files/gallery.php

GS,

why do you say AA is a better choice? Estetically it definitely more pleasing nothing can compare to that fat tail, but do you have another reason?


I thought you're from the states

where specifically do you live in SEA bro GS?

@GS

Androctonus baluchicus looks epic btw, like a Bicolor/Australis hybrid :O

Will3 wrote:

Will export to Sweden be possible in the future of your breeding projects?

Its possible. I can ship internationally.
Am building up experience now by shipping to some of the friends in ASF(All Scorpion Forum)
By the time most of my CB projects bear "fruits", it should be about time i can open up to all.
Let me know what you're interested in, i'll take note surely

Btw I found this pic of Leiurus abdullahbayrami from trturkey.net
Nice strike pose

Dude while I do like you, NEVER compare a Bicolor to an Australis or Baluchicus!
They simply cannot touch the attitude of the little Bicolor.. ever..

It is and always will be my fav scorp of all time. Next the grey beauty, A. Mauritanicus followed by the brutal barbarianlike P. Transvaalicus.

Yes I don't have an exclusive taste since you can get them almost everywhere, but they are just the best..

Feel free to feel different :-D

Go home with your pansy LQs :-p bring it on

lolz pluto bro
You are really hardcore bicolors' fan!
But i can surely understand why

sorry

Ok, not to derail THE androtopic, but honestly, why would someone have an LQ in their collection?
Hardcore guys because they like to see every species. Hobbyguys like me, they just take one because it is THE MOST VENMOUS scorpion alive.
Lets be fair, the thing looks like a poor man's Androctonus Australis. Skinny and stretched out like a rubber... so if I see an LQ again in the ANDROCTONUS (halleluja) topic, I'm going to unleash all my baby bicolor (with the attitude) in your garden to be grown ups soon and to munch on your LQ.

No thanks.

DolbyR wrote:

GS,
why do you say AA is a better choice? Estetically it definitely more pleasing nothing can compare to that fat tail, but do you have another reason?

You are right bro. Other then the obvious thicker tail and them being my fav, the interval between AA's molts is much closer (from my little exp & it might varies between breeders)

My Lq takes forever to molt..
Side track alil..This is my Lq female, she enjoys being a jumbo sausage! I really wonder when she'll molt for me..



But then again.. we're in a Androc's discussion thread.. so its normal that more votes go to Androcs

@pluto
you cracked me up man.. lolz
Oh yeah.. if i'm not wrong, Lq might not be the most venomous. It just has the most frags

Well ,my current favourites are Tityus stigmurus and Androctonus bicolor.

@GS Leiurus guinquestriatus hebreasus is the one with strongest venom, and i think its the Androctonus australis thats got most frags^^

@Will3
Icic.. where you got that stats? I'm keen to read more about it.
Maybe i got the wrong impression on the top fraggers anyway... lol

lets try to go back to topic slowly.. heheh

Guess the sex of this A.bicolor and instar?

Hehe Androctonus Australis is kingpin fragwise.. LQs dont come into contact with people that much. Only reason. And I believe Crassicauda or Mauritanicus come second.

Sorry, I just had to say, I'm not a big fan of LQs.. though they are scorps..