[Discussion] Androctonus spp.

sounds like you have a bit of an S+M scorp for sure

Nice Chrome! I can't wait to see that

Sam, I believe you may be right. Looks almost exactly like our "bicolor" slings. Have your Abl slings started to darken up yet? They are still at third instar right?

They still look like baby scorplings. No dark whatsoever. Look like white chocolate blobs. I think genetically they are way different than my A. bicolor. Body shape is different too. Their tail is much bigger and thicker even as instar 2 compared to my abl instar 3.

Well I wonder what the hell we got, and how we both got the same thing on opposite sides of the world. I guess we'll see when yours grow up.

We got taken in the ..., without lube I might say. We paid for Ab's we got ticks with a plastic tail glued on.

hey guys

instead of acquiring an A Bicolor, I landed into these fatty A Australis )

Its super gorgeous )







Will post some of its other pics later

Its a youngster too?

yes it is

congrats on your new purchase

Here are some pics


Hey there buddy



The FATNESS



Ready for picture taking



I just LOVE the way it looks

Nice looking animal, love A.A!!

I see that you continue them on their diet of skittles. I need to try that as it looks rather portly. Well done sir!

Streettrash wrote:

I see that you continue them on their diet of skittles. I need to try that as it looks rather portly. Well done sir!

Lol try putting skittles bro It would make it extremely stout in no time

lolz.. nice size comparison there..
Your A.australis look very clean and spotless.. very good specimen there tlb_05!

ok guys I just checked on my scorps and I see 2 of my A.As. just dropped alot of babies.
so........WHAT DO I DO NEXT??????????
do I just leave them alone, or do I try to feed my girls, ????
They are on their moms back and there is alot of them.
I know i'm supposed to wait till they leave moms back and then seperate but is there anything I should be doing till then???????
thanks guys

Nope, keep it a bit moist around the scorpions, not on them.. since they can dehydrate when they start to come off the mother. When they do catch them and put them together in a nice big tank or separate them all in individual enclosures.

Right now they are living on an egg yolk, they will start eating a few days after leaving the mother,but keep it a bit to the moist side, all is needed and all you can do atm.

congrats btw

GS wrote:

lolz.. nice size comparison there..
Your A.australis look very clean and spotless.. very good specimen there tlb_05!

Thanks bro GS


Whats the difference between a normal morph AA and an AA hector morph?

Hector has darker telson and the last 2 segments of the tail. Also the chelae are dark. I think it's supposed to be a bit bigger too but not 100% sure.

Well all australis should be around the same size, but its true what you said DolbyR, about the coloration.

@tlb_05
Hector and Tunisia morph is usually larger then regular A.australis.
My 8i's are almost on par with my P.Trans 8i female (the one on my fist)

@Miami T
Two broods in a row.. thats a very early X'mas gift from santa! Congrats!!

thanks pluto,
@GS, there might be even more .....a couple of them have blocked up their dens,
I dont want to dig them out cuz I dont wanna cause stress....
I'll keep you guys posted

Miami T wrote:

ok guys I just checked on my scorps and I see 2 of my A.As. just dropped alot of babies.
so........WHAT DO I DO NEXT??????????
do I just leave them alone, or do I try to feed my girls, ????
They are on their moms back and there is alot of them.
I know i'm supposed to wait till they leave moms back and then seperate but is there anything I should be doing till then???????
thanks guys

Congrats on your brood! Sounds awesome!

hey how long before they start leaving moms back?

About a week to molt. Maybe less maybe more... then a few more days on her back.

GS wrote:

@tlb_05
Hector and Tunisia morph is usually larger then regular A.australis.
My 8i's are almost on par with my P.Trans 8i female (the one on my fist)

Can I sex AA when it is 5i old? besides counting its pectine.

I noticed that it has a V cut shaped pedipalps and somewhat narrower