#heterometrus

[organicmatter]

This guy is so plump

[pixelarthropods]

Meet Giant Asian Forest Scorpion (Heterometrus spinifer). They can grow up to 20 cm. Very scary. I hope you guys like it!

[dystopianroach]

advocating for the incredible and undiscovered intelligence of invertebrates is difficult when they act like this

[morbidsmenagerie]

Got pics of the little guy! Looks like he has a while before molting.

[cedararachne]

Baby scorpion with noms

[the-last-outpost]

Giant Asian Forest Scorpion (Heterometrus sp.) at Sedgwick County Zoo #heterometrus #scorpion #invertebratephotography #zoos #zoosmatter #zoophotography #zoophoto #sedgwickcountyzoo https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-BBJ6OMo3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sherinnn]

[onenicebugperday]

@thrones-of-buer submitted: My collection grew after I said I wasn't getting anymore animals lol

I have more on the way, two of the vittatus are filled with babies.

Lol I know that game. Love to acquire more pals. Please tell all your new friends that I love them and also tell every single baby when they emerge that they're perfect. Thank you.

[cyanocoraxx]

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[8-legged-cats]

I caught the grouchy goth lobster out for the first time since setting up their enclosure

[shrivveledradish]

Baby scorpions photodump

I love them so much, they are going to be the final additions to my collection for a while (unless I get a wolf spider), in the meantime I am going to work on making all of my current critters enclosures as best as they can be.

I decided on the names Uncle Deadly and Doctor Teeth (I tried to find some of the oddest muppet names haha) but I am not sure which is which yet.

[organicmatter]

this little handsome devil is much more easily startled than my last Heterometrus.. poor guy. he is very beautiful though :)

[kirstielol]

Look who molted!! Scorpo's baby!! I don't think I've posted about it but I finally named her.. her name is Skorupi 🦂 (after a scorpion pokemon lol)

She's still doing well. Growing slowly. Still unsure if she was a partho baby or if scorpo was wild caught and retained sperm for almost 2 years (which seems too long imo?)

[dystopianroach]

Cu Rúa, my Vietnamese Forest Spirit scorpion (Heterometrus silenus) is wild caught from Vietnam - much to my dismay, but that’s the way cons are - He’s very new to my home and today discovered how to use his water bowl.

[morbidsmenagerie]

How do you know when Asian forest scorpions are mature or not? I bought one at an expo the other day and thought it was not an adult yet, but honestly I'm not sure how to tell.

Depends on what species it is for one, 98% of all Asian Forest Scorpions in the hobby are Heterometrus silenus, though I have seen a few other types around.

These are Heterometrus silenus, the important thing to note is the matte black body, black telson (stinger), the relatively smooth claws with few bumps on the top margin, and the granulation on the cheeks.

Heterometrus silenus get smaller as adults, this is a relatively large adult male. Scorpions are measured from the mouth to the tip of the tail. Heterometrus silenus get 3-4" long as adults, and this male is about 3.5". It's unlikely he is going to grow anymore, so I would say he is adult at this size. It can get a little iffy if your scorpion is 3" long, because it could either be a small adult or a subadult that's going to get big. At younger instars, the telson can look lighter or look greyish, but in my experience it turns black fairly early.

These are all Heterometrus spinifer. Heterometrus longimanus look similar but I don't have any photos of them. Right away you can see they are a lot shinier (the green is a bit misleading he was in a strong light, in neutral light they look black), the granulation on the face is more extensive, they have red telsons, and more prominent spiny granules on the top margin of their claws. When they are immature, the telson looks white, and it will gradually change color until it turns red at subadult to adulthood.

They're much bigger than Heterometrus silenus, and get to be about 4-6" long. My male here was about 5", his size and red telson indicates he was an adult, but again if you have one on the smaller end there could be another molt coming.

So basically, first figure out which species you have, then you can make an educated guess based on size. Unfortunately there isn't a hard rule or change that happens when they mature, so usually it's just based on experience and an educated guess.

Hope this helps!

[mirkwood-trash]

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