Big Androctonus australis!

Here is my pride and joy!

Gorgeous!

So.. most of the desert related questions are all for the delicate care of this lovely girl?

Yes and I have a few other desert scorps and well. I love the desert scorps! Thanks for all your help!

I can see why she'll your pride and joy

Her instar?

I'm not sure about her instar. I got her about a month ago from a collector. He had her about a year. I think she was wild caught. She seems large to me. Is this about as big as they typically get? I figured she was a female from her size, but what else are you looking at to sex her?

One other thing, I notice small brown dots on her joints. Is that normal for these guys? It seems like some scorps have this as a normal coloration.

what a cute and nasty fellow

robert44 wrote:

I'm not sure about her instar. I got her about a month ago from a collector. He had her about a year. I think she was wild caught. She seems large to me. Is this about as big as they typically get?

Yes, she seems large. Pardon me, what's the diameter of that coin?

robert44 wrote:

I figured she was a female from her size, but what else are you looking at to sex her?

Generally, yes females does look as bulky as her. But the most accurate method would be by a pectine tooth count.

robert44 wrote:

One other thing, I notice small brown dots on her joints. Is that normal for these guys? It seems like some scorps have this as a normal coloration.

If you are talking about the mild small dots that happens to be "uniformly" at the joints, yes, it's the normal coloration, not mycosis.

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GS wrote:

Yes, she seems large. Pardon me, what's the diameter of that coin?

That's a US quarter dollar. They're 24mm in diameter.

Thanks guys and awesome photos!

Great looking australis Robert.

Thanks Richard.

Robert,
Enjoy keeping/breeding her

Thanks guys!

Thats an old quarter. Nice scorp!