mating M. Martensii

Here are the pic's! The ID is discussed, and almost everyone said it was M. Gibbosus.
https://i.servimg.com/u/f42/17/82/97/73/dsc_0012.jpg

https://i.servimg.com/u/f42/17/82/97/73/dsc_0013.jpg

Threads merged.

So far, what has been done is an ID on the species, not age(instar) and sex?

We can help to estimate if they are adults with pictures of them beside a measurable item e.g. Ruler

I was wondering how this thread got all chubby. It's totally gravid... lol Thanks for the merge it makes it easier to figure out what's been going on.

Can you tell me excactly what kind of pic's you need?
for both sexing and to see if they are adults

One of these:



And these:



Of both scorpions.

i don't have any macro lens, so the last pic is hard to get..

Mine also doesn't have a macro lense. Only a macro and super macro setting. The button usually has a flower on it. Both those photos were taken in the same macro setting.

ok, i can see if i can take them!
how do u get the scorpion to stand that calm? mine just run around

Put a tub over them and wait till they are calm and then place the ruler next to them. Always take these photos in a secure container which they can't escape out of.

shadowfoot wrote:

Put a tub over them and wait till they are calm and then place the ruler next to them. Always take these photos in a secure container which they can't escape out of.

Good advice!

And needless to say, don't stick your bare hands in the container when placing/removing the ruler

ok, i'll get u the pics!