New additions

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I just got a few new scorpions to add to my collection. I don't have pics of them yet because I need to get my moms camera but here is what they look like.

I got 3 Centuroides Exilicauda (Arizona Bark Scorpions) The largest is about 1.5" long (tail extended) and the other 2 are about 1"

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4 Centuroides Gracilis (Florida Bark Scorpions), they are from Brazil and considerably more venomous than the ones you find in Florida, all just over 1" in length.

[Little G]

cool

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2 Hottentotta Trilienatus (Tanzanian 3-lined Bark Scorpion), both about 1/2" long, and 1 that neither I or the guy I got it from can ID. It is only about 1/4" and just way too small to even guess. Today is a happy day

[TROLL]

do they all stay in seperate tanks? i'm interested to see some pics of your setups...
bryan

[Gorilla Unit 33]

are they really only a half inch (1/2'') big lol? or do u mean ft? anyway thats crazy you have scorpions for pets i could never

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Troll: Those species are communal so they can share a tank with the same species, as long as they are all roughly he same size, are given plenty of hiding places and food, if not cannibalism is not uncommon. These guys are in ziplock storage containers with substrate bathroom cups cut in half for hides for right now because they are still young and I want then to be able to find their food easily and it make it much easier to regulate temp and humidity (very important until they are fully grown). When I get the camera I will post pics of my other species tanks.

Gorilla: Yes they really are that small, when fully grown the Arizona Bark and 3 lined scorpions should reach 3", the Florida barks should reach around 4", and I have no clue how large the mystery scorp will reach, but judging by its current size I would guess around 2-3"

[TROLL]

believe me, when you run into one of these little guys out in the wild, 2" is plenty big... ha. i've had a few run ins, but no problems.
and i dont know how you'll feel about this but i actually ate a friend scorpion at a night market in beijing. i guess it wasnt poisonous cause i'm still here..
bryan

[05Accent]

hell no, i hate scorpions. when i lived in california we used to go to the desert, and iv had to many run in's with those things.

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Originally Posted by TROLL

believe me, when you run into one of these little guys out in the wild, 2" is plenty big... ha. i've had a few run ins, but no problems.
and i dont know how you'll feel about this but i actually ate a friend scorpion at a night market in beijing. i guess it wasnt poisonous cause i'm still here..
bryan

All scorpions are venomous, but none are poisonous. So you can ingest the venom with no ill effects, just don't get stung

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Here are some pics of my setups. This is the tank I keep my Emperor in.

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and this is my emp, as you can see he is a big guy

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This is the tank kept scissors, my Desert Hairy (R.I.P.)

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and an old pic of him

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This tank holds 2 whipscorpions

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and a pic of one

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This is the tank that I hope will hold around 15 Arizona Barks (if I have any success with breeding)

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This is how I have all my new additions housed.

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Unfortunately I couldn't figure out how to work the manual settings on the camera and as you can see the auto focus in macro setting wasn't working well. When I figure it out I will post better pics. This is the bigger of my Arizona barks, and yes it's on a bathroom cup so you get an idea how small she really is.

[auk113]

WTF is that


i would think this would be a spider or something

i think its an alaskan cave spider?

they ate this exact thing on fear factor