Some new arrivals

Cool scorp! I had never heard of this one. Do you have both the light and dark morphs?

Nice looking scorp, congrats on that brood.

Thanks guys.
I have a 3i light morph and then 1.1 of the "dark morph".

Do they inhabit the same range? I wonder if they would breed together?

Usually when they talk about "morphs" its just the same species from different localities. I am not entirely sure how the genetics work where the light and dark overlap.

Thanks Shadowfoot. There are probably some "medium" ones somewhere!

Mesobuthus eupeus haarlovi:

Great pic, love the Mesobuthus.

Thanks Scorpion.
For those who are wondering why the females are in such small tubs, I tend to move most of my gravid females to smaller tubs when I can clearly see the embryos through the pleural membrane. Just makes keeping everything in check much easier. All of the communal gravid scorpions are also moved to seperate containers to reduce the risk of babies being eaten.

Cool scorp! You keep coming up with scorps I've never heard off. Keep the pics comming!

Thanks, I didn't know about most scorpions until a year ago. I always kept indigenious scorpions because of their availability.

It's a new year so I thought a little update is needed.
My camera decided that 2013 isn't it's year so everything is phone pics

First up, my P.schlechteri pair that molted on the same day. Male 7i and female 6i.

Male:



Female:



2i Uroplectes carinatus, tiny little scorps!



Gravid H.saulcyi. For about 6 months now...



Communal H.saulcyi setup:







2i A.bicolor:



M.eupeus haarlovi brood:



P.planicauda with 2i:

Nice! I didn't realise that A. bicolors are so lightly colored at 2nd instar. I have a small black one, must be 3rd or 4th instar.

Parabuthus granulatus. Some of the babies got stuck in some fluid. GS' case study documents the situation well: https://scorpionforum.darkbb.com/t9279-case-study-rescuing-abandoned-desert-scorpion-babies)
The mother unfortunately started eating the babies that got stuck but I managed to save 7 of them. The ones on her back are still safe and she has decided not to eat them.

Let us know how it goes taking care of the little ones! It looks like mom still has her hands (back) full LOL!

Some updated shots:

2i Mesobuthus eupeus haarlovi. They have some nice markings if you look closely:



New juv P.schlechteri, much darker than my other individuals:



Uroplectes carinatus with 4 new slings after she "double clutched":



One from her previous brood which molted to 3rd instar:

I love that Uroplectes carinatus

Cool Scorps!

Thanks guys

Oooo just spotted that H. saulcyi set up. Very nice shadowfoot!!

It looks just like you've scooped up a rectangle of scrub and put it in a tank.

Thanks Callum. Only problem is that there are three gravid females in there. I will probably have to take everything apart one of these days to find the slings.

Update:
Got some more Parabuthus schlechteri from a friend and just wanted to show the difference in the localities.
Here is a CB 6i female from Germany and the parents come from interior of Namibia:



This is a 7i male I picked up yesterday and comes from the Western Cape in South Africa about 1000km away from Namibia:



3 Adult male Parabuthus capensis that I picked up a few weeks ago:



2i Parabuthus granulatus that just got off mum's back:



2i Uroplectes carinatus that also just dismounted:



A curious little scorp that I believe to be Uroplectes lineatus but still has to be confirmed.
Here is an adult male, they measure about 5cm:



Female with 1st instars:



Thats it for now

Wow... awesome!!!

I'm so jealous. I love your scorps i love the pics. This is a good way to start the morning.

A few more shots of some Parabuthus.

1.0 P.schlechteri





1.0 P.schlechteri





1.0 P.granulatus