some bad news


30/9 - was left with 3nos of Orthochirus scorplings, 1 was found dead
lying on the sand this morning.
i was advise by some breeder to seperate them
asap,considering the death rate is high.

seems this is not going to easy than i tot ...

This post has been edited by s98432512: Sep 30 2009, 07:44 AM

Hang in there buddy. The learning curve on this one may be steep, but definitely worth it.

well learning through experience bro.. keep a positive view on it... it may give you rewarding luck...Do update us on it. And if u have time post your birthing report in MSC. that will help in the future...tq

more bad news ........

all 3 Orthochirus scorpions were found dead on the sand when i reach home from work today..

reasons unknow,.,........ they did even make it to 2nd instar ......
wonder what went wrong ............ humility , climate..... temperture??

it going to take a while ............ sign .........

Is ur area raining?

nope.... not for these two days .........

sorry for da loss bro>_<

hi i now have 30 buthus occitanus scorplings (2-3 instar)to get rid of if anyone is interested


im located in europe

Hi Lester. I'm sorry for the babies. I have no comfort to offer, but perhaps cherishing the chance you had would do much more. You had a gravid ortho, and it gave you babies. That is in itself a blessing. And owh, humility never kills a scorp.

Good luck to more babies.

My condolences...
U mentioned she still fat rite?
Perhaps more will pop soon

Btw, some emperor fore play picture


The female tried to kill the male thou, looks like she ady gravid...

Here's my new male emp

nice pic

erm...
AFS / Imperator can be kept communally?
scorpling~

U mean emp with emp/ afs with afs or emp with afs?

This post has been edited by RyoKenzaki: Oct 2 2009, 12:17 AM

By the way everyone...
HaPPy BiRtHdAy Hyurin....
just passed a few mins ago...

this is a continuation of my trip in kl. sort of.

first and foremost i would like to wish a very happy birthday to hyorinmaru. hope u can get more interesting scorpions in the future and not be stung by them.
this is a continuation of my ikano trip while i was in kl
these events all happen from the 20th of september to the 29th of september 2009.

after my ikano trip i was busy with raya preparations and stuff.
i went back to celebrate raya in pekan and was helping cleaning the store room when i came upon these beauties.


and 1 of them was producing an egg case.



id was given to me by leetplayer as harlequin roach.(Neostylopyga rhombifolia). some info of the roach from Allpet Roaches:

The Harlequin roach is certainly among the neatest looking of the pet roaches and is a very quick moving medium sized species. Nymphs start out life as a plain tan color but slowly molt to become very incredible looking adults. Harlequin roaches easily scale smooth surfaces and like most other glass climbers can be controlled by petroleum jelly. Also, this roach is an egg laying species.

i also found a few centipedes which i think were cherry heads but were unable to catch any due to lacking of equipments.

on the 26th of september i traveled to (secret location) for some r&r with the wife. i have to say it is really a nice place to be.
some fact that arent told in any travel brouchers.

tempreature is around 18-21 degrees. so it is cold. any herping attempt at night should be done with cold weather cloths. and that is not accoutning for windy conditions or rain at night.

there are many hiking trails. some are 500 meters long and easy to cover and some are 5000 meters long and is dangerous.
for night time herping i would recommend the (secret trail) not far from the (secret location). it is 500 meters long and is dense pack with trees. here is a picture of the trail from my hotel room:


the trail runs from the left to the right and it is much longer. i just couldnt fit the trail in my camare lens.

most of the trees in (secret location) have barks like this:
and are always covered in moss.

vegetation is really thick in (secret location). no signs of human activities anywhere. not many tourist also.

shops close early here. u have to get your dinner by 9 if not u will be starving.
hotel rates are acceptable.

on my way down from (secret location) through "The Gap" i found this fellow.

seems it was run over by a car but it was still alive. the local call it "Banik". all i can tell it is a local land tortoise sp.

when i woke up the next morning in my house i was surprise to see this fellow greeted me:


an adult blue bronzeback. docile fellow. even let me handle him.

that evening i went to Giant Shah Alam for some last minute shopping and i found a small stall selling scorpions. they were H.Spinifers and were selling at RM35 each. Unfortunately the guy who was manning the stall had no idea on how to sex or keep the scorpions properly.


both were females and 1 of them i suspect is gravid. both had their acoulus cut off. very pity sight of the scorpions. here is the picture of the enclosure:



i'm worried about the trade of these scorpions. not that they are lethal or anything like that but the misinformation that shopkeepers give is what i'm afraid of.

i also gotten my self a book not about scorpions but about entomology.

i notice this book at a second hand book store. nice book. does explains how and what is use to classify insects and arachnids in their orders.

other then this book i also got myself 4 types of forceps. make my job easier.

thats is all from me
i'm back in sarawak already at the time of posting and is getting ready to go on another trip in the forest around my area. another report will follow after the trip is done.

This post has been edited by akagidemon: Oct 2 2009, 10:08 AM

Sad to see the tortoise.. good write

That's a very lucky find, despite the unfortunate consequences that led to it.

This post has been edited by rafiqos: Oct 2 2009, 10:47 AM

thank you for your comments.

This post has been edited by akagidemon: Oct 2 2009, 04:07 PM

What post?

Ghost Town

did a major cleaning and maintaince on all my scorpion / tarantula containers yesterday.

whee ... never know it so much work... lol ...

these are the things which took me 4 hrs to get it done..
1) changing of old sand / coco fibre with new one for alll my desert scorps and tarantulas.
2) cleaning of the conatiner - washing.. ( shit were all round the side of the container)
3) upszing the container for scop which have statred to out grown their existing one.
4) checking for mites and other adnormals.
5) feeding.. them ... damn.. the emilia is a rubbish bin lol ...
6)clearing away all unwanted stuff and waste material..

hmmm........... i wonder if any of u guys spend so much time or u guys take even longer ????