Paruroctonus boreus?

Hey guys, its been a while since i posted here. Sorry This summer i got the opportunity to go to the desert in Oregon in the Bend/Prineville region of central Oregon and got the opportunity to do some scorpion hunting and i caught some for myself and some freinds. Here are some pictures i took.

I believe these are Paruroctonus boreus. What do you guys think.

I believe you are right. And a very gravid at that.

Yup. I have just over sixty of them now...

wow awesome wish i could go catch some other than e.flavs lol

Cool scorpions.

Did you say 60 Street???

Yes. 24 babies from my first brood, and 42 from the second.

Wow sixty is alot man! I dont want to take any more out of the wild. I collected 14 or something and gave a couple to my freinds. i kept two of them. I have them living together and they seem to be doing pretty well. they are active both day and night and they readily feed. I heard that they will drink from the a water dish so i gave them one but i havent seen it. You know about how long they live for?

Yeah I only took 3 out of the wild. The rest were born in my care. They are very active scorpions, and always sting their dinner. Good find there!

ya i had an agro male and when i first caught them i fed them and the male stung like three crickets to death and didnt eat any of them. he just sat there with dead crickets all around him. I have a flat rock scorpion and these little guys are way more active. My flat rock doesnt do [hopscotch] man.

Yeah. It's almost as if they have "little man" complex since they are so tiny.

Where did you find yours at? Ive found a few other types of scorps in Eastern Oregon, but these are the first i was prepared to find and collect. What types do you have n your area?


Oh wait never mind man, i just saw the answer to this in your other Paruroctonus thread.

active aye? ill be getting some of these guys in a month,i hope.stupid above 100f.
little man syndrome.hahaha.
so p.bs are somewhat tolerable of their kind being around?

Yes, but they have been known to cannibalize. I think if you've got a large enough tank, plenty of hides, and keep them well fed you should be fine. I found a "colony' of them within the same ten square foot area, but each one had it's own scrape under a separate rock.

sounds good.yeah i have a 5.5 waiting around for something and another ten gallon and a 15 gallon i believe.
that sounds like an awesome sighting seeing that lil community.it gives you an idea of how they live too and how to keep em in captivity..

Yeah it was pretty sweet. I'm always flipping rocks over, even in peoples yards.

911 operator: 911 whats the problem
caller: theres someone in my yard i believe hes a...(starts crying and mumbling incoherently)
911 operator: maam i cant understand you.what is he?
caller: ROCK FLIPPER!!!!!!!!!!!

Ya i have a 5 and a half gallon tank but they are just bigger than a quarter so i have two rock caves on each corner of the enclosure and theyve never had a problem. They actually come out daily and mess with each other

Actually as i was playing on the forum my two scorps came out to play

Wow and yay!!!!

Nice. How long have you had them living communal?

I collected them in june so for nearly four months now theyve been living together.