this is definately the way to do this. A lot of people i know look at the pedipalps, looking at the granulations and the curviness of the inner surface. However this does not work for most species.

 

in some species, if i'm not wrong, the pectines are not different enough to tell apart, if at all.
if people could post their data about individual species like this, it'd be great!
i have a number of unsexed individuals of the following spp, and i'm unsure how to sex, whether by pectine or other method.

Opistophthalmus wahlbergi
Caraboctonus keyserlingi
Bothriurus keyserlingi
Bothriurus coriaceus
Iomachus politus
Hadrugenes paucidens (i think. sold as troglodytes, but not convinced)
Vaejovis spinigerus

one of the problems is being unable to compare to sexed individuals, so pics would help thanks!

 

Emperor Scorpion

I'm a rat snake/tarantula person and i'm seriously thinking of getting Emperor Scorpion/s.

The items i have at the moment is substrates of either Cocofibre/Vermiculite/Forest bed and heatmat 6x11.

Which is the best option as i have been told virmiculite or forest bed type.

The setup i'm getting is as below.

Viv 48x31x18cm
Thermometer
Hygrometer is there anything i have forgotten beside what i have already and hide/water bowl.

 

Scorpions

Shop where i get my snake/tarantula food from can get me less-tail whip can i use the same type of setup for a emperor.

As said in previous message above posted.

 

That was very interesting, I always wondered what sex my scorpion was, and now with your ingenuous method i now know its a male. Thanks.

 

Are there any more ways of sexing scorpions? I've been told something about the part just above the pectines. Something about it being split or one piece. Not quite sure.

 

Not sure if some-one has already told you, but thats the way i did it, If its just a plain oval, you've a male, if it's 'like a flies head' you've a female, I've a male


Connor

 

Incidently, this is also similar to how you sex whip scorpions (uropygids).

 

What age can Emps be sexed from?

2 of my little ones are dancing with the side of their house next to each other atm so i am getting a good look at their bellies and there appears to be a noticable size difference in their pectines.

Is it likely they are male and female or do size differences in youngsters pectines not really matter? (they are about 3" atm).

 

What age can Emps be sexed from?

2 of my little ones are dancing with the side of their house next to each other atm so i am getting a good look at their bellies and there appears to be a noticable size difference in their pectines.

Is it likely they are male and female or do size differences in youngsters pectines not really matter? (they are about 3" atm).

They can be reliably sexed from around L3.

 

Excellent

 

cool thanks i never knew that cheers

 

Cheers for the thread, now I know I have a girl. Just out of interest is there much difference in size or lifespan between male and female Emps, I litterally have no clue how long they live.

 

Yeah, males are slightly smaller than females.
Males live for an average of 4-5 years,
Females live for an average of 6-8 years.

Hope this helps.

 

Genious idea Roy
John

 

For corpselight

Generally the claws of the females are more slender than the males.

 

in eps(pandinus emperator) you can look at the operculum(the bit between the pectines)it is used in mating the males deposits a spermatophore from it and the female takes it up into hers, but aniway the females operculum is love heart shaped and the males is shaped like a rougby ball, but in many other species you have to look at the length of the pectines and the length of the teeth the males are longer and females shorter

 

how to sex scorpions

at wot age of the scorp can you sex it? i have 4 pandinus imperator's they are all about 5 months old

 

sorry if this is a dumb question what are the pectines used for my emp some times is pressed up against the glass flapping them around.
What is it trying to do?

 

cheers mate

cheers mate i have 4 asian forest scorpions and looking for more now i can sex them easy cheers bud

 

Just got 2 young scorpions...... bt they aint big enough to sex yet!

 

well i have managed to sex one of my black forest scorpions and now know it is a male just waiting on the other to come out of hiding so i can find out what sex it is cheers for the guide

 

thanq ive found this very helpfull

 

Very clear picture!

But can the next thread be-

'How to look at the underside of a scorpion without being stung?' :lol2:

 

Very clear picture!

But can the next thread be-

'How to look at the underside of a scorpion without being stung?' :lol2:

LOL, It'd be like, "OI! Stop looking at my parts!!" :lol2:

Ah, I make me laugh :crazy: