funny that... it took me 3 hours yestrday nite just to do:

1) sifting the 2 bags of coco fibre that i just bought
2) change the subs of my P.Regalis (i know its out topic here)
3) change subs of my Female AFS that will give birth soon
4) change subs for the mealworm beetle and check if theres tiny mealworms babies..
5) stick some sheets of glasses to the modified tank.

All this was done like in the middle of the morning while chating to people and playing some online games...... finished at 4 am to day... lol

This post has been edited by rideon: Oct 4 2009, 11:37 AM

Took me 5 minutes to get this shots

I just love the details.
I can really see the hair man..

Wish i have a dslr.. lol

Nice emp...it is sure hairier than afs lol

Thanks man. You dont need a DSLR to do that


They're pretty fast. hm!

yay... my 2nd female afs has just poped... can only see 2 white stuff on its back...

Gratz rideon!

thank you thank you... wonder how many it will produce...

rideon "the proud father of many-many spinifer broods".

congrats.

Nice one rideon
On the other hand, my emp will need 8-13months b4 she pop
Some pic to make u all jizz in ur pant

Promenade à deux

"Oh I love u, let me sting u, b1tch"

Chelicarae Kissing

He came



I mated them few days ago when i first got the male but it fail
Both are juddering but male doesnt seems to be interested while the female tried to attack the male several times
After 15minutes i gave up and assume that the female already gravid

I separated them and feed each of them a cricket and heavily misted their enclosure
Few days later (Today) i tried again and this time with better luck

At 1st the female acted aggressively and try2 sting him, i stop it with my tweezer
Then the male gave her a sting to calm her down and they start dancing around, passionately
Female keep her chela close to her carapace as in defense mode while the male pulling her around nervously
Within 2 minutes, the male settle down a spot on the bark in the enclosure and stop there for quite awhile
I look from the side and i can see spermatophore coming out from his opperculum

Upon laying the spermatophore, he dragged the female on it but the female kinda refuse to go near the spermatophore
After trying for awhile the male manage to pull her above the spermatophore
Again i tried to peek from the side to see if it touched her opperculum but before i can see anything they started break off and attempting to sting and pinch each others to death

Immediately i stop them with tweezer and fight off the female and end the mating process
I'm not sure if any insemination was made but the female doesnt stay on top of it for too long nor bending down her body as written in the internet

I assume that she might really already gravid but was calmed by the male sting and was "forced" into the mating
I read that the spermatophore will plug the opening of her opperculum to prevent other male from inseminate her if she already mated
Perhaps she realize that she cant take the spermatophore at the end and tried to break off and kill the male

Whatever it is i'm looking forward to see the outcome

This post has been edited by RyoKenzaki: Oct 5 2009, 02:52 AM

nice sperm ...

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Added on October 5, 2009, 7:04 ammy female Isometrus Maculatus pass away peacefully this mornig..

i believe it must have been due to old age and after so many brrod which must have exhaust her.. she did a great job and so far my best brood producing scorpion ever ....

may she rest in peace ... u will always be rem..

This post has been edited by s98432512: Oct 5 2009, 07:04 AM

More pictures from the uncle's den.


Texas Striped Barkscorpion (Centruroides vittatus)

Housed in a communal tank of 3 individuals. I've observed them working in a pack to neutralize, lynch and dismember adult dubias and even housegeckos. This is by far the most effective communal hunters I've kept. Lol! Expecting more babies in the not-so-distant future.


Arizona Barkscorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus)

Housed in a communal tank of 4 individual. This species is noted as the most potent scorpion species in the North Americas. Envenomation characteristic/symptom typical to this particular species is what I call 'eyeball 360', where the eyes of the unlucky victim begins rolling to the back uncontrollably. Centruroides sculpturatus was renamed Centruroides excilicauda sometime ago.

I am now looking to offload most of my barkscorpions. It's the only sensible thing to do next.

hmm not keeping it anymore????

btw ..... i will be off loading my barkz scorpions too ... will in fully into and focus on desert scorpion only ..

lol... it been a while since i have this idea and i have fully stop on forest scorpion now.. ... i think it will be abt time to carry forward the idea on the barkz .............

lol ................ going to reduce my numbers .. lol...

And im collecting bark scorp especially centruroides sp right now

speaking of centruroides..

rem i told u abt mine having problem with it 2nd instar molt .. the pic i shown u ...

it make thru 2 molts now at 4i but the tail wasted

I see... So it molted 2time only under ur care rite?
Or izit 3 time?
What do u mean the tail wasted?

during it molt from 2nd instar to 3rd instar ... part of it old exo got stuck in it tail ..... and it make it from that molt ..i tot it will be dead ...

then it went thru another molt ...

witht he same old exo... the tail is wasted now but it it still eating lol ... now 4i going 5i

rem ???

Gravid ? Hmm!

nice

A quickie Anru. What is it?

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Added on October 5, 2009, 4:20 pmTake your time..

This post has been edited by rafiqos: Oct 5 2009, 04:20 PM