[Sharing] WHO MOLTED TODAY? (Post molting pics here!)

You told me its quite long between 2i and 3i for andros, but didn't expect it to be that long
It got a bit more color now too?

Welll it just moulted DolbyR so it has quite a few days to get to the final color for that moult. I might say it is indeed darker. But these mauritanicus were just as black (dark colored) as my bicolor slings. So its hard to say.

I think they will be darker yes, they are however much more beautiful now since their tail is already getting bigger.

These are born around the end of May I think. So that gives, 3 months..
I did a comparison sheet and the Androctonus bicolor slings have an average of 80-90 days before moulting from i2 to i3 from birth.

Shows that mauritanicus are not far off that number. I might generalize and say all Androctonus.
So you might have to wait a lil longer for your bicolor to get to i3 ;-)

But patience is a virtue and when they do moult, you will be happy as a kid.

They are kept warm (28-32 degrees) and 1/4 moist.

Anyway they're getting their metallic look already.

Oh yes, dont keep them too cold or they dont moult at all, leaving them dying.

Sam,

Nice one buddy!! My A. Mauritanicus all molted to 4i mid-July, they are already FAT again. I'm prepared for the wait to 5i though, just patience is a virtue that I wasn't blessed with. However, they are worth it, such cool Andros!

Cheers,

Rob

Great info Sam. My room temps now are a constant 27-28 so I'm fine.
Can't wait mine to start molting and growing

Btw. offtopic. My wife has her second scorpion now. One of the Bi's lol. Yes, I do the feedings etc, but it is "her" scorp. The boxhas even a label on it

Lol nice one. Soon she'll take over your collection. No woman can be stopped when she puts her mind to something. Its a tough breed lol. Just tell her to be carefull. They look cute dont they? And at the moment they are not dangerous, I lift them with my hands. If you do it gently they wont sting. But they dont stay that way for long lol.

I hope you had fun getting them out of the box with the papers lol...

Yes, those are good, not too cold, not too hot.. They are still pretty small, but that will change soon. The moult from i2 to i3 isnt a big difference in size, but it is in shape. After that they will grow particularly fast.

I'm sure Dark can tell you more about that too :-) Since his andros are already pretty far into development. They must look very nice! I do think, DARK, you should post pictures!!!!! :-p

One of my Parabuthus is going i5 right now. Exciting! Looks like roadkill :-D

Look at what huge thing is crawling out of that small previous shell. Unbelievable.. Carefully you might say it doubled in size.
The transparant skin is the size they were before.






A second one went into moult right now too..

This is great! I can't wait to get some of these.

Yes street, I have never seen this. Its unreal how something that big can crawl out of something that small before. They already took adult crickets, I wonder what they can do now :-D

Get some!

One moult in between these (siblings)
Aight, onto searching a bigger box! 3 more moults to go...

thats serious skeet material Samuto!

ehhh one more of the c.sculpts molted now one more and all are i3.

my acanthoscurria brocklehursti molted friday.seen it upside down but didnt witness the climb out.i seen its legs in its little burrow and it has the white and black stripes on the knees now. cant wait to see it out so i can see the growth and colors.

Thanks dude, DUDE PICS! Otherwise this topic is useless! Overload the servers with golden material!

my little Grammostola pulchra molted today
no scorpions i'm afraid

PICS!!!!!!!

i know after i posted i realized it was in the pic section.its freaking hard to get a pic of the a.brock.any light and its automatically in a burrow and the c.sculpts would just look blurry as i dont have an actual camera but ill come back with some pics sometime soon Samuto i promise.

Hai Daniel San!

My female Emp "Psycho" is beginning to molt (i hope)

I think shes drunk good luck on the moulting

Acctualy worried, two of my emps has died, one from old age, but the other i have no idea

R.I.P little Psycho my third emp too die, all my other pets thrive, what the [does your mother know you talk like that?] am i doin.wrooong!!!??

Proper temp, proper humidity, nutricious food, hell my tokays are like the healthiest most people ever seen, for example

Judging from that picture I'd say your substrate may be a little too wet. Looks very saturated around the dish you have there.

I added extra since i thougt she was gonna moult, normaly its just wet too the touch and not shiny

Hmmm... well probably not the problem then. This is exactly the reason I stick to xeric species though. I started in the hobby with the standard tropical scorpions but had a very hard time keeping them alive. It hasn't been a problem for me recently, but I still prefer desert scorpions. I'm sure if you keep trying you'll figure it out eventually.

Do your use filtered or bottled water?