Some new arrivals

Envyizm wrote:

I know a lot of people state side who have tried and tried again to replicate their life cycle to no avail.

At what stage did these guys go wrong with them?

shadowfoot wrote:

Envyizm wrote:

I know a lot of people state side who have tried and tried again to replicate their life cycle to no avail.

At what stage did these guys go wrong with them?

Everyone that I've discussed the topic with typically went wrong <4i, which leads me to believe a lack of water or humidity was involved. To a larger or more developed animal, morning dew may not be such a large factor for survival. However, dew can be a life saver for smaller individuals with smaller body mass, thus less time for a similar or slightly exaggerated evaporative rate to become fatal.

Two of my gravid females came out for a walk tonight.

O.afghanus:



M.eupeus:



Size reference for the 2i O.afghanus. That is a 20mm screw.

Very nice!!! The mesobuthus looks ready to burst

Parabuthus21 wrote:

Very nice!!! The mesobuthus looks ready to burst

Thanks man. Yea, she is looking very fat but she is still eating everything I give her.

That O. afghanus comparison pic is awesome. So they are like 5mm or less?

DolbyR wrote:

That O. afghanus comparison pic is awesome. So they are like 5mm or less?

Around theres about yes.

Those Orthochirus.. <3
Again, great pictures.

When i get rich i will also get me some Orthochirus!

KLN1988 wrote:

Those Orthochirus.. <3
Again, great pictures.

When i get rich i will also get me some Orthochirus!

Thanks man.
Sell one of those damn expensive Exo Terra cages then you can easily afford a few Orthochirus spp

Haha just bougth the cage, so that would be a terrible deal.
I cant get them here in DK, but i will import some within the next year! (hopefully)

They will be well worth the effort. Awesome little scorps and one of the pros of these are that they take so little space. Which really plays a role when your collection starts to grow a bit large.

My plan is of course to start breeding them - i know its not as easy as H. Laoticus.. But i will give it a try! Since the first time i saw the O.´s i was in love.
How big of a tank would it be for such a project?

KLN1988 wrote:

My plan is of course to start breeding them - i know its not as easy as H. Laoticus.. But i will give it a try! Since the first time i saw the O.´s i was in love.
How big of a tank would it be for such a project?

I dont think they are that difficult to breed, just keep all their parameters correctly and leave them undisturbed then everything should work out just find.
Enclosure size will depend, do you want a communal setup or keep each individually? I have had no problems with keeping them communally but ecooper on this forum had troubles with O.s.negebensis when kept communally where some of them started to fight with each other so it depends on how you want to keep them.

communal tanks, all the way! but if there is some that cant stand each other, then they must just be split up in seperate tanks. i really wanna know as much as possible before ordering those beauties

Well, I keep 2.3 of them in a 20cmx15cm enclosure. That sounds small but its like mansion in there for the five of them.

sounds good :-) the smaller the easier to keep warm

Is there any chance that you could post some pics of your O. tanks?

1.0 Parabuthus granulatus:



They have some nice granulation on their metasoma, dont know if that is why they are called granulatus though.



1.0 Orthochirus afghanus. This pic was a bit out of focus so I changed some things and tried to give it a bit of a retro look lol.

KLN1988 wrote:

Is there any chance that you could post some pics of your O. tanks?

Will post some pics later, just have to check if I have some.

No hurry, dont wanna stress you! But thanks

Here you go:



Not the best looking enclosure, I know. Busy saving for a better one but as always, money dissapears for no reason.

They tend to do that here as well - I think it looks great actually, super natural looking.
And thank you Shadowfoot, very nice of you!

No problem man.

That granulatus is so beautifull! I love the colouration as well as the granulation. Those Orthochirus afghanus are so delicate (compared to the P. granulatus) Nice enclosure

Parabuthus21 wrote:

That granulatus is so beautifull! I love the colouration as well as the granulation.

They are very pretty indeed! They are also a joy to work with, still hoping for some babies later this year from a few of my females.

Parabuthus21 wrote:

Those Orthochirus afghanus are so delicate (compared to the P. granulatus) Nice enclosure

I think one of the times I have been most nervous in my life was when I had to move these around into different enclosures lol. They are quite sturdy though from what I have witnessed.