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shadowfoot Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 32 Location : South Africa Registration date : 2012-01-18
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Callum B Administrator
Number of posts : 1096 Age : 35 Registration date : 2008-09-21
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 6:48 am | |
| Nice I really like Opisthacanthus. I have two species at the moment, O. madagascariensis and and an unidentified species that was incorrectly sold to me as Heteroscorpion opisthacanthoides (bloody bugzuk). Yours is really cool. I really like its bluey colour. What were the young like to raise? Are they stupidly slow growing? | |
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shadowfoot Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 32 Location : South Africa Registration date : 2012-01-18
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 6:56 am | |
| Maybe you can post a pic? I might know what it is. Young were quite easy to raise compared to other scorps and are not that slow growing. I have raised a couple of these babies before, so trial and error helped a lot. | |
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shadowfoot Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 32 Location : South Africa Registration date : 2012-01-18
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 6:58 am | |
| Oh and the colours are awesome on this spp, if she stays under her bark for a few days she turns completely green. Will try to get pics of the colour. | |
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Callum B Administrator
Number of posts : 1096 Age : 35 Registration date : 2008-09-21
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 7:04 am | |
| Wow, she actually changes colour? That's amazing. Fancy posting some scorplings to the UK haha?? Here's the un-ID'd Opisthacanthus sp. It arrived at bugzuk at the same time a load of Madagascan inverts did, plus H. madagascariensis, that it was mis-sold as, is obviously from Madagascar, so that's its most likely place of origin. | |
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shadowfoot Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 32 Location : South Africa Registration date : 2012-01-18
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 7:09 am | |
| I might be totally wrong here, but are you sure its from madagascar? Looks very similiar to O.asper. | |
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shadowfoot Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 32 Location : South Africa Registration date : 2012-01-18
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 7:17 am | |
| Over here they are called yellow legged creeper scorpions, for obvious reasons. | |
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Callum B Administrator
Number of posts : 1096 Age : 35 Registration date : 2008-09-21
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 7:18 am | |
| I can't definately say it's from Madagascar but it was sold as a Madagascan scorpion species.
There's not enough granulation on the chelae for it to be O. asper I think. That is what's throwing me, as Opisthacanthus sp. chelae generally seem to be quite heavily granulated. | |
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shadowfoot Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 32 Location : South Africa Registration date : 2012-01-18
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 7:36 am | |
| I agree on the granulation after checking some photos. Maybe O. milloti? | |
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shadowfoot Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 32 Location : South Africa Registration date : 2012-01-18
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 7:40 am | |
| How does this one compare to your O. madagascariensis? | |
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Callum B Administrator
Number of posts : 1096 Age : 35 Registration date : 2008-09-21
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 7:45 am | |
| Definately different but not disimilar lol. Here's a couple of pics. | |
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shadowfoot Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 32 Location : South Africa Registration date : 2012-01-18
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 8:02 am | |
| Ok, this is quite a difficult ID. Will have to search through a few books. More pics of my other O. capensis coming shortly. | |
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Callum B Administrator
Number of posts : 1096 Age : 35 Registration date : 2008-09-21
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 8:03 am | |
| Sweet. Have you got any of the babies?? | |
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shadowfoot Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 32 Location : South Africa Registration date : 2012-01-18
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 8:24 am | |
| Some more(sorry for some bad photos) Babies: My big female: Male: More: More: | |
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shadowfoot Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 32 Location : South Africa Registration date : 2012-01-18
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 8:26 am | |
| @Callum, no sorry, no more babies. Probably will have more in a few months. | |
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Callum B Administrator
Number of posts : 1096 Age : 35 Registration date : 2008-09-21
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 8:31 am | |
| Is that the normal way mothers carry their young?
The pic of the scorpion on the twigs is great. It's colour is stunning and the chelae look amazing. | |
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shadowfoot Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 32 Location : South Africa Registration date : 2012-01-18
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 8:38 am | |
| Yup, thats the way I have seen them carry the babies. Thanks man, that was my fav male. | |
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seno.arifansyah Hadogenes
Number of posts : 52 Age : 34 Location : INDONESIA Registration date : 2011-11-17
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 2:37 pm | |
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shadowfoot Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 32 Location : South Africa Registration date : 2012-01-18
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/4/2012, 3:34 pm | |
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seno.arifansyah Hadogenes
Number of posts : 52 Age : 34 Location : INDONESIA Registration date : 2011-11-17
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/13/2012, 9:57 am | |
| - shadowfoot wrote:
- What do you mean?
i mean that's amazing dude.. | |
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**GS** Leiurus
Number of posts : 2629 Age : 42 Location : facebook.com/ScorpionArchives Registration date : 2010-09-06
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/13/2012, 11:32 am | |
| - shadowfoot wrote:
- Callum B wrote:
- Is that the normal way mothers carry their young?
The pic of the scorpion on the twigs is great. It's colour is stunning and the chelae look amazing. It's actually the first time i saw that too. Wondering if it's daylight and the scorplings are trying to get some shade.. Nice post shadowfoot | |
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shadowfoot Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 32 Location : South Africa Registration date : 2012-01-18
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 3/13/2012, 11:41 am | |
| Thanks guys. I guess it is kind of strange, but thats how I usually see the scorplings sit on the mother. | |
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shadowfoot Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 32 Location : South Africa Registration date : 2012-01-18
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Callum B Administrator
Number of posts : 1096 Age : 35 Registration date : 2008-09-21
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 5/2/2012, 2:08 pm | |
| Awww, a happy little couple.
It's a long, long gestation period with these guys isn't it?? | |
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shadowfoot Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 32 Location : South Africa Registration date : 2012-01-18
| Subject: Re: Opisthacanthus capensis 5/2/2012, 2:25 pm | |
| Callum, I dont know the exact time period, but mine has ranged from 13-15 months. Depending on temps. | |
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