Tityus asthenes

i know pretty unfair really but guess we have to improvise adapt and overcome lol

yep lol still sucks though lol

Stop whining.. In Norway keeping reptiles and amphibians is ILLEGAL!

We are allowed to keep all of the scorps and spiders that you are not allowed to tho.

Pretty f***ed up law right? -.-

how can you say to stop whining then..... sheesh!!!

this is a scorpion forum not a reptile and amphibian one lol

but yeah does suck lol so to clarify you cant keep fish?

there both stupid laws lol

Congratulations, those are great looking little guys.

Thanks Anna.

When adult they are stunners, now they are just a sort of barkscorpion with two aculeus'. Their camo is real good though. You need to look out not to grab them when grabbing the wood they're on.

5 mins ago I checked up on them and I fed them.. its quite crazy to see crickets dangling in the air just to be held with a needlesharp pincer of a small scorpion.. they chase from their vertical or upside down bark homes you see.. when they sting something it falls dead, literally so they hold them or it falls to the ground, its not something I'm used to see, since i only had desert fossorial species.

I hope you understand my blurry explanation :-)

I like them, they're far far faaaar more docile..

Those are some sweet Tits you got there Pluto

hahahahaa you little pervert!
I have two pairs of those, but I prefer my scorps :-D

Nice but I meant the scorps really thats what I call them but congrats on the 2 pairs of the others

hahahaha, you devil you! Thanks, will take some time for them to grow to adulthood though :-)

Dont even know if they are fast growers or not, but figuring I found a molt in their box during shipment tells me they are.

pluto wrote:

Thanks Anna.

When adult they are stunners, now they are just a sort of barkscorpion with two aculeus'. Their camo is real good though. You need to look out not to grab them when grabbing the wood they're on.

5 mins ago I checked up on them and I fed them.. its quite crazy to see crickets dangling in the air just to be held with a needlesharp pincer of a small scorpion.. they chase from their vertical or upside down bark homes you see.. when they sting something it falls dead, literally so they hold them or it falls to the ground, its not something I'm used to see, since i only had desert fossorial species.

I hope you understand my blurry explanation :-)

I like them, they're far far faaaar more docile..

Have you actually witnessed them doing the vertical sting??

Jup! Clear as day! Its pretty freaky too.. They are not hunting like the usual scorpions do.. Well they are ambush predators too, but they do it 3d style :-D

Hahahahaha Nice! Hope you can get a good picture of that someday

Well I dont think its hard.. they are not really eating those crickets though. I saw one dangling upside down and only the head was eaten, it dropped it I think and didnt fetch it.

I find dead crickets every hour, but not eaten... strange things, these guys! But they are really gorgeous!

You should get some Anna, they go good with your hair!

Nah......I'm looking to get something else these days, but thanks!

Babycurus?

Yup!

Those are great too, they behave somewhat the same I think... they're bigger.
The asthenes have a subaculear tubercule, which is cool..

Ok, now that just looks cool..............does it serve a purpose?

I have no idea really it looks like a second stinger, but it is just a tooth. I think Babycurus has it too, but I'm not sure..

I wonder if it's used as a spade, for digging and such........kinda like the spade on a spadefoot toad.

Nah, probably not. They are arboreal by nature so not much use for a spade. I think it's there to intimidate and frighten small children. Right up Pluto's alley that is.

Streettrash wrote:

Nah, probably not. They are arboreal by nature so not much use for a spade. I think it's there to intimidate and frighten small children. Right up Pluto's alley that is.

Bahahahahahaha

haha someone has to do it!!
I think its there because of grip reasons. Like a chainsaw. When it has teeth at the base of the blade you can push a log into them and use it as a 'hinge' on which you can put force onto. It works as leverage to drive the blade into the wood.

I think this tooth is something equally useful.

Otherwise it might just be a natural adaption born to fade away over time.