Scorpions

[Mighty_Moose]

Hey all Ive always loved insects and only have recently started to expand my scorpion collection. Started with Flinders Range Scorpions then a big Rainforest and today i got a little Ripper! Its a Spider Hunting Scorpion

Now that the intro is done id love to hear what everyone else has and if you wanna post some pictures that will be awesome. Once i set up ill post up my pics

Cheers Zac

 

[KRONYK94]

im happy to chuck up a pic of my girl
Flinders range scorpion

 

[richoman_3]

ive got a black rock scorpion ( gravid ) i dont have any pics atm but i do on the AIF

 

[Mighty_Moose]

Awesome pic my flinders range is a cranky little bugger when he wants to be but the rainforest will gladly walk around on my hands ;P

 

[Costa]

i want one
what do you guys think a good first scorpion would be.
the black rock sounds cool. as does the spider hunting scorpion.
how big must theyre enclosure be?

 

[Costa]

lol our avatars are very similar mighty moose

 

[KRONYK94]

they dont need a massive tank
mine was an x demo tank,
a plastic fish tank will do fine.
rocks on the bottom and moss like substrate over top and water it
they need to be in humid conditions

 

[richoman_3]

black rocks are the best starters, tank dosent need to be big, mines in a 30x30x30 ( which is massive for one )

 

[bk201]

1= isometrus sp.
2= urodacus armatus
3 & 4 urodacus novaehollandiae

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm224/bk201-2008/sept09015.jpg

 

[HOM3L3SS]

Mighty Moose could you post some pics of ur scorpions i would like to see them

Harry

 

[bk201]

box of blackrocks

liocheles sp. from cairns

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm224/bk201-2008/Liocheles/100_1247-1-1.jpg

 

[HOM3L3SS]

i dont know much about scorpions but BK201 those look nice

Harry

 

[Mighty_Moose]

Heres my big rainforest scorpion im not holding her in at that time because she was abit jumpy

 

[HOM3L3SS]

are those scorpions poisonous?

Harry

 

[Hooglabah]

bk201 you sure those are black rocks. they look like urodacus elongatus or possibly cesophonius squarma to me

 

[Mighty_Moose]

Homeless the scorpions venom of most australian species isnt that toxic to us, although some will make you ill and some will make you very ill just not kill you but someone who knows more can elaborate, the rainforest scorpion im told only has a very mild sting that is commented to be much like a bee sting but im not going to test it out for you ;P And shes too nice to sting me

 

[KRONYK94]

Homeless the scorpions venom of most australian species isnt that toxic to us, although some will make you ill and some will make you very ill just not kill you but someone who knows more can elaborate, the rainforest scorpion im told only has a very mild sting that is commented to be much like a bee sting but im not going to test it out for you ;P And shes too nice to sting me

there venom isn't deadly unless you are allergic to it.

 

[Mighty_Moose]

Lol forgot to mention that part

 

[Mighty_Moose]

Btw if anyone knows how potent my new scorpions venom is (in regards the affects)

 

[Rhysc]

I've been stung by a few, from lychas buchari, to urodacus planimanus, the urodacus venom has very little effect, maybe some localised numbness, the bigger specimens hurt during the initial sting, then the numbness kicks in, where as isometrus melandatylus, and l buchari, are closer to a wasp sting, and really really hurt.