Paruroctonus boreus

That would be awesome to see. My little australis feeding together huddling up under pieces of bark together is quite spectacular to see. Even more with full adults!

Well I wish you luck dude

BABIES BABIES BABIES!

Loving the tiger print btw, you should cut a string out of it...

That is Leopard print there Sammy boy, and I live with a woman... A good one, but one human with ovaries none the less. Leopard throw pillows are a staple.

Total baby count is up to 56 now between the two mommas. still more in the burrow, but the ones coming out recently are looking suspiciously fat...

so whats up with the fat ones?

thats a lot of tubs to open for feeding lol

where did you collect these at Streetrash?

The fat ones?

Yes Bex. Many tubs to open. Many fruit flies to culture. Much patience required to shake one tiny fruit fly out at a time.

Trog, I found them, a couple hours South of Salt Lake City, Utah.

So are they Paruroctonus boreus or Paruroctonus utahensis? Isnt there and "eastern" subspecies?

Not sure exactly. I call them P. boreus because of how far north I found them. Really it's quite difficult to differentiate between many Vaejovid species without a microscope/specific knowledge of morphology. I do believe that P. utahensis is only found in the southern regions of my state by Arizona/Nevada. I found mine in Piute County which is in south eastern Utah, though just below central Utah. I suppose that P. utahensis probably lives there, but they usually inhabit sand dune type areas. P. boreus usually inhabits dry rocky areas with harder soil, often on the slopes of dry river beds. I found mine in exactly that type of area, a rocky area at the base of a hill with normal dirt ground. I found several of them under rocks, and dry cow crap. I'm pretty certain they are P. boreus based on the habitat I found them in, though I'm not 100% certain.

Streettrash wrote:

Total baby count is up to 56 now between the two mommas. still more in the burrow, but the ones coming out recently are looking suspiciously fat...

those fat ones.

man forget dropping one ff.i drop a gang and the sling will go to town.hahaha thats probably why mine are growing so fast.
i havent had 60 delis to open yet.eeeeeeshhh i just realized the severity of the situation. handing out the bottles you are sir.

Oh yeah. I think there may have been some sibling cannibalization going on in the burrow... 42 from one mom and only 24 from the other... It's possible, but a little suspect.