Try looking up on these - P. mossambicensis, P. capensis, P. pallidus. The first two bears much resemblance to the one in the picture. P.granulatus is an unlikely guess judging from the colour tone and built of its body. There's a bunch of other 'yellow' parabuthus too, many of them may not have even made it into the hobby yet, or end up being misidentified by traders for something else(this happens all the time with bugs).

Smartest move right now would be to prove that the scorpion you got there is not an Australis. Then comes the other more subtle physical characteristics of a spitter. Does your's make any sound, Ryo?

And yea, be safe.

This post has been edited by rafiqos: Oct 24 2008, 05:08 PM

Hissing sound is the sound you'd make to encourage a baby/small kid to pee. I hiss before pissing at times up till now.. Doing it like a man.

I take that as a compliment. Staying on the positive side.

Any fresh pics of the 'yellow' scorp Ryo?

That ain't an Arizonensis. Not a Deathstalker either. Still looks more of a Yellow Fat Tail than anything else..

Note: An Arizonensis venom level (1 to 2 out of 5), AFS venom level 1). But this should never be a base comparison for how dangerous a scorpion species is. Arizonensis are way more aggressive and will not hesitate to tag.

Black desert sand won't harm a desert species. It's a matter of personal preference. A yellow scorpion on black sand makes for an interesting contrast. I've had some of mine on black sand and some on natural white/red sand since day one. No negative setbacks so far.

This post has been edited by rafiqos: Oct 30 2008, 07:51 AM

Very small. Nothing compared to those who've been collecting for years.

An old picture of some scorplings that died on me. Used to call them 'God's little gifts'.


African Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator)

Happy Halloween everyone.

They were feeding like hell one moment, and became plump as a balloon, before refusing their favourite food items. In pre-moult mode for about two months. Before giving up and dying.

I blame Darth Sidious.

The science behind scorpion exoskeleton is way more interesting than counting moults. Seriously, Lol! The material it's made up of, how it glows, how scorpions apply principles of hydraulics to move their limbs and a myriad of other things fascinating about why scorpions evolved into such 'lobster-looking' creature.

Humans are now building exoskeletons to do wonders. The Million Dollar Man is no longer a dream. You may have seen the documentaries on Discovery Channel. Exos for Soldiers? (Link)

Will never reach there. Lol! An idle mind is the devil's playground. Have some idea of where they may end up tho..

The smell of Honest to Goodness Stout..

Who stays around Ampang/Hulu Kelang? Planning to make an experimental scorpicarium end of this month. We can share thoughts and ideas and make one for each person. Imagine an enclosure with tunnels, and you can have the chance to watch your scorpion in its hide. It'll be fun.

The picture you find on the net portray them as big and fat, chuakz. But they're a in perspective one of the smaller species of scorpions in the hobby. And you're not gay when you say they're cute. The very weirdly proportioned tail-to-body-to-pedipalp size makes them look cute. Lol!

Went on a short trip with Alex last night and made with 9 liocheles of varying sizes. The large tree we found them in probably had hundreds, but why collect more than you can sustain alive at home? A good tool to carry along is a blacklight, makes the whole arduous 'hide and seek' part less tiring.

These guys make they're habitat under dried/semi dried pieces of peeling bark skin. Although some forums call them a communal species, Alex and me found out that they may be 'communal but not communal' - as he would aptly put it. We placed them in a small cuboid aquarium with pieces of vertical barks in place as hides for the little ones. Upon returning home, 2 of the 9 smaller more actively roaming scorpions became supper for their cagemates. Cannibalism occurs probably due to one of two reasons. One was due to the scorpion being hungry, or the second more logical reason is as we theorized was due to territorial behaviour. To each scorpion her own. Trespassers are dealt with almost immediately.

I also spent another hour back at home experimenting with the specimens that were found to be chowing down they're 'neighbours'. The cannibals seem to almost instantaneously switch food items when I slid a small mealworm down the bark. They either prefer dining on mealworms or they were just being hungry and territorial at the same time?

Alright. Sweet.

Not at all. As long as you don't plan to collect for sale. Traders destroy everything for their own selfish reasons.

Don't la be so sensitive..

Since moults has been a very popular subject on this thread, here's a pic I found really awesome and felt like sharing. Link!

Es tee eye en gee!

Quiet times call for a new picture!

Guess the species.

Sorry, but nope liette'. This one hails from dryer regions. Clue: Israel.

So much for IDing. Cammille memang superb...rocketbois always are!

B. refaelus is sleeping.