New Little Monsters

[PhilK]

Got a package in the mail today containing a pair of Urodacus manicatus. They're gorgeous, and tiny. Smallest scorpion I've owned.
There is a male and a female, and they're currently in the same tank. The female is completely ignoring the beautiful start of a burrow I dug her and is running around the tank like a headless chook, but the male is happily residing in his.

Here are some pics.

Tank and burrows:

Male:

Female - can anybody tell me if she is gravid? I tried to take a few shots of her belly:

Sorry for so many photos, but these guys are so cute I kinda went crazy.

EDIT: forgot to mention I got these guys from www.thegreenscorpion.com.au and continue to be amazed and very pleased at how quick and easy it is. Bylo runs a great little shop and I'll definitly continue to buy off him!

Cheers,
Phil

 

[waruikazi]

I wonder if their claws would taste like crab claws? Scary little critters!

 

[Brettix]

They look great,she does look gravid,good luck

 

[Whisper2]

interesting little things,

can you tell male from female just by looking?

 

[PhilK]

Great I was hoping she had babies brewing!

Whisper, yes you can. The male is a little smaller, but the best way to do it is underneath them they have these feathery things (pectines) they use to sense the ground. The female has really short pectines, and the males are noticeably longer.

This time I just looked at their sizes as she is fairly chunkier than him.

 

[Whisper2]

thanks for that, interesting creatures they must be.

 

[PhilK]

Yeah it's getting crazy. Had a wolf spider in the mail today as well. Getting a male elongatus as soon as I can convince mum this will be the last one!

 

[mertle]

What do you feed them on? my nephews keep asking for scorpions, how hard are they to look after???

 

[eerin]

are all these creature in your epic tank?

i agree with abbott, philk zoo, $5 entry pass... only if your a midget

 

[eerin]

or as small as a lego man

 

[PhilK]

Nah they all have different tanks/containers... Otherwise they'd eat eachother!

Scorpions eat crickets (big crickets for the bigger species, small for the smaller) but they'd also eat mealworms (but they burrow), bugs, grasshoppers.. Pretty much everything. Very easy to look after.. Have a look around here (http://www.thedailylink.com/phpBB/index.php?sid=10040efb65a8807594ee1d2891a8f05b) and around The Green Scorpion website (www.thegreenscorpion.com.au) for care sheets.

 

[eerin]

hahaahahhaha

how old are they? take a pic of one next to a coin or something i wanna see how small they really are

 

[WombleHerp]

that is sooo cool Phil! they are cute. i have to convince dad not mum if i can get a couple of scorps. i already have a pede a snake crix lol

 

[PhilK]

Funnily enough my dad is the one who really doesn't want me keeping them. Mum's the one that I go to when I need to convince them hahahah.

No idea how old they are Eerin, but they're mature. At the moment they're cuddled up in their burrows so I won't bother them, but I'll try and get a size comparison eventually.

 

[Viridae]

Lol I dig holes for my hermit crabs and they just dig out of them again - then make their own.