Can you help me identify?!

Well someone found this and brought to the local pet shop. I live in Colorado but i belive they found in utah. Any ideas???

I'm reluctant to say this because I made a fool of myself last time I said what I think this is. But looks like a Smeringurus species probably mesaensis

I was thinking it was a Dune... Moves very fast and is a very aggressive eater. I am new to scorps and have a 1.3 goup of Emperors but this thing is only about 1 1/2" long and awesome to observe!!!

does he walk around with his tail flat to the ground instead of curled up to his body?

He will walk around with it flat and the telson curled up a little... and he stings his food a few times before stating to eat it.

yeah sounds like a dune scorpion. Nice specimen.

Thank you, so its go some growing to do then?

Looks mature to me possibly a sub-adult these aren't anywhere as big as emps.

But this thing is tiny!!! Mouth to tip of tail is 1 1/2 "...

hmm maybe it's just the picture they usually get about 2-2.5 in

Nice!

I second Eddy's diagnosis.

As a dune?

Yes sir.

Thanks guys!

If anyone is wondering how I made a fool of myself (got to own up to mistakes) Andrew Olson posted a picture on FB of a wild scorpion on a cliff freshly molted. Caption read it was a bark scorpion but it looked just like a dune to me and not centuroides. Turns out I was wrong and it was ID’d as a C.sculpturatus the colors and angle of the picture really threw me off.

Should I get more pics of mine?

I think we agree on dune but if you want to be super duper sure...then why not we LOVE seeing pics here

Haha right on ill get some more and of my gravid emperors.... I wanna make sure its not a bark cause my little girl...

It's not, and if you responsible even if it was there's nothing to fear. My little girl is kept away from all my scorpion even the not-so-nasty ones. Althought I do occasionally put mustaches on her face
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Lol she can't go near but if somehow it would get out but its all good!

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It's not, and if you responsible even if it was there's nothing to fear. My little girl is kept away from all my scorpion even the not-so-nasty ones. Althought I do occasionally put mustaches on her face
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are you using your real mustache hair for that? <--- lol

Lmao!

She grew it out herself.