[Discussion] Androctonus spp.

Jup it is from Lipton Ice tea 500ml pet bottles.

I thought she was going basket because she did a strange thing with her tail, but it was false alarm, but I did get to shoot her from below this time.
You can say if you see these dots in a female membrane that she prolly is gravid How far? I dont know, will have to ask someone with the experience in this. I asked someone who I trust blindly in his knowledge about scorpions, so will let you know what he thinks.

Duuude, i can see nothing like that on mine, but she might just me a little too dirty from the sand?

Yes could be! What sand are you using? It might also be that she is not as far as mine yet, or.. that she is further than mine and that the embryo in your scorpion have grown bigger.

I dont know. Is she fat like mine or fatter?

She is just dirty ^^ i changed contrast of an image and her embrios seem huuge.

post it, might help! Also for me to see how far mine is.

Dont think its a lung

No I dont think its a lung either. Anyway if those embryo get that huge, mine may not survive. She just has too many!.. How bloated is your bicolor female? Even more so than mine?

This is about how big she is.

It is about the same I think...

Well i hope she pops soon! im gonna build a heat-locker out of an old fridge, a 75watt heater and a thermostat with day/night temps.

That looks like guts to me Will. Sorry....

Well prolly she IS gravid. Almost all WC females are.. they just need to get a trigger I think.

When I got mine, she wasnt fat, and no eggs could be seen. Could barely see the difference between her and the male.

I think, because I gave her an abundance of food, something triggered her "breeding clock".. saying, lots of food, pretty warm and hiding places.. good survival chances..

So Will, yours might just be evolving. The thing you see prolly are not embryo (need to agree with Street).. but I'm sure she is gravid (almost 90%) she just needs to cook her stuff first, before you get to see the nymphs in her belly..

You have two wc females, yes? Chance are even greater then..

I have one, the other one is one the way here aswell as the Pandius cavimanus "light color form"

Pluto is right. It seems that many wild caught females are already graved. Could be she's bulking up for her brood that is developing...

I'm with pluto and street.
Sometimes, its strange when things turn out unexpectedly. E.g. an emp wrongly ID'ed as a male suddenly gives birth and all starts congratulating. Only time can tell.
Certainly hope she's gravid for you mate

Got alil crazy with my DSLR tonight..
Snapping over 300 shots when only a few are selected. Enjoy

Androctonus australis 7th instar male:

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lol hats off to you. You seem to take on big challenges when challenged.
I admit, that took balls. These hurt more than Bicolor and you took it like a man.

Nice pictures to bro GS. Nice to see some of them occasionally here.

He even had a droplet on his telson I believe lol.. balls of steel!!!

Good lord GS.

Those pics are amazing such a beautiful scorpion I am genuinely jealous

Awesome looking australis man, but thats not very smart of you

He knows...

WTF?


You really got some balls of diamonds there


You should be named "The andro man" or something like "Android"

I'd go with "Hospitalized" but I like him and he knows what he s doing.. Aint talking me into that though.

Awsome scorp mate. It's been said but damn you have some balls!

Doing some mad stuff with your camera now, very impressed. Did you seriously take 300 shots with an A.a on your hand! lol

yeah he is mental lolz