Private breeder feeder & pet exotic roaches. Residing in sunny S. Ca. This blog is all about my collection of various critters, past & present. You'll find care sheets, tutorials and various information on my former reptiles & current inverts.
DISCLAIMER: Handling scorpions with potent venom is not advised or endorsed by author. In certain cases of envenomation, hospitalization has been required. Please use extreme caution when handling/dealing with any species of scorpions.
My Scorpion collection is a small collection of some scorpions I raise and breed. I removed most of there bark in the video before filming to keep my time down. My P. imperator were the only ones to eat on camera, everyone else ate afterwards as you’ll see in the pics towards the end of video.
Keep in mind that when scorpions hide under bark, rock, etc… some species like Centruroides sculpturatus and Tityus stigmurus cling upside down under there hide. So use extreme caution when picking up there hides to check for them. You could get stung and have a very bad day. I generally use long tongs for these species. I don’t recommend handling scorpions because of there unpredictable nature. But if you do, research the species in question and be prepared for the worst. I personally don’t handle mine, don’t see a need to.
Below is a list of what I currently have, I am looking for new additions all the time. For those not familiar with the numbers to the left of each name, they are, The #s represent Male.Female.Unsexed
DISCLAIMER: Handling scorpions with potent venom is not advised or endorsed by author. In certain cases of envenomation, hospitalization has been required. Please use extreme caution when handling/dealing with this species or any other species of scorpions. Show respect for this species or it could be fatal!
Received 3 Leiurus quinquestriatus (Deathstalker Scorpion) 2i. They are tiny and pretty cool looking. Fast little guys. This species is said to be the most venomous species of scorpions in the world. So that would make there toxicity level a 5/5. L. quinquestriatus are NOT for beginners and should be kept by advanced keepers who feel they have the need to keep such a dangerous species of scorpion like this. The possibility of being stung, no matter how experienced you know you are is always there. Show respect for this species and always be cautious and careful.
I received 4 new additions this week, 2 Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Green Bottle Blue) and 2 Heteroscodra maculata (Togo Starburst Baboon) slings. I made a trade with a member on one of the tarantula forums I belong to, Tarantula.us forum. I traded some of my P. lugardi slings for these babies.
The GBB has some really striking colorations and there very active. The H. mac’s haven’t been quite as active, but have webbed up pretty good. I am hoping on doing a feeding video next week on these 2 species. There all around ¾”, housed in 32 oz tall deli cups.
A little description of each of these species!
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Green Bottle Blue)
This awesome terrestrial species comes from the cactus filled scrublands of Paraguana, Northern Venezuela. One of the most beautiful tarantulas in the world, so they say, and I have to agree. The C. cyaneopubescens (Green Bottle Blue) discovered by Schmidt 1995, is a true walking rainbow of color. Dark blue legs and chelicerae, bright orange abdomonal setae, with a metallic green chephalothorax. Under the right lighting conditions, these colors can be very intense, which gives this tarantula much attention by tarantula hobbyists. C. cyaneopubescens can reach a legspan of 5″+ as adults. They prefer the drier side and are probably the toughest thing since an Pterinochilus murinus (Usumbara Baboon)!
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (GBB) sling
Heteroscodra maculata (Togo Starburst Baboon)
This African arboreal, is quite a fantastic, secretive tarantula, that once out in the open, can be seen in all it’s glory! These tarantulas can be aggressive, reaching legspans of 5″-6″…really unique species in the hobby!
Heteroscodra maculata sling
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I have a small collection of Tarantulas, 78 in all, 21 different species and growing. No fancy displays, although I wish I could. I don’t have the room or the funds for that many Ts to house in glass tanks. All my tarantulas are kept in some type of inexpensive plastic enclosures with secure lids with a plastic water dish and peat moss / vermiculite mix for substrate.
Below is my current list of my collection, displaying both latin / scientific and comon names. In the hobby we use the latin names first because they are unique to each tarantula, where as comon names are so similar and duplicated throughout the hobby.
See photos of my growing collection here. New photos added regularly.
For those not familiar with the numbers (0.1.2) above. Reading from left > right, the first “0″ represents “male“, the second “1″ represents “female” and the last “3″ represents “unsexed“. This what a allot of breeders and hobbyists use to display to others what they have in there collections, also very popular on the forums.
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