a couple proper successes to report, though lacking in dates and such i'm afraid.
earlier this year i had a sac of roughly 80 T subcaerulus slings, 70 i think of which survived and were sold at the BTS in May.
Martin Goss lent me a male later on and i had another go. the result is another large number of slings, which i will hopefully be separating this week (and thus counting). they all are apparently healthy, and the numbers do look high, at least as much as last time.
P pulcher:
with Sylvi Rigden's male, i had a small but hopefully strong sac of 33 slings. a few have died, but i still have 29.
Chilobrachys sp (sold as huahini, but i'm pretty sure andersoni type)
she's sat on a sac right now, so fingers crossed
Opistophthalmus sp (sold as glabifrons, but i lack the knowledge to ID properly at this point)
came in as gravid and graced me with 12 scorplings (that i could count at one time). the mother took good care and apart from some sparring over food, they seemed ok for a while together. unfortunately 2 (hopefully only 2) died and i took it as a signal to separate. i now have 10 apparently healthy little scorplings, all pith and vinegar. the mother is doing fine.
i'm reasonably proud that she felt safe enough and comfortable enough to have her babies in my care, though i didn't physically mate the adults.
these scorplings will all be used to start a breeding project, if i'm able. i have another adult female, so i can mix the blood up a bit. i may sell the 2nd generation if all goes well! big, gorgeous, darkly coloured scorpions with some personality!
this week i will be pairing Chaetopelma olivacea (both sold by Martin Goss and thus fairly safe to assume they are from the same general locality in Israel) and Ephebopus rufescens (male borrowed from Peter Roach).
I've also mated Aphonopelma iodius (or whatever it is we have here that is called by that name).
i am weighing the pro's and cons of mating P cambridgei, as i feel the hobby may be a bit saturated at present.
all in all, a good year so far. with luck, my table at the next BTS will have a wealth of gorgeous little spiderlings and possibly adults for sale!
earlier this year i had a sac of roughly 80 T subcaerulus slings, 70 i think of which survived and were sold at the BTS in May.
Martin Goss lent me a male later on and i had another go. the result is another large number of slings, which i will hopefully be separating this week (and thus counting). they all are apparently healthy, and the numbers do look high, at least as much as last time.
P pulcher:
with Sylvi Rigden's male, i had a small but hopefully strong sac of 33 slings. a few have died, but i still have 29.
Chilobrachys sp (sold as huahini, but i'm pretty sure andersoni type)
she's sat on a sac right now, so fingers crossed
Opistophthalmus sp (sold as glabifrons, but i lack the knowledge to ID properly at this point)
came in as gravid and graced me with 12 scorplings (that i could count at one time). the mother took good care and apart from some sparring over food, they seemed ok for a while together. unfortunately 2 (hopefully only 2) died and i took it as a signal to separate. i now have 10 apparently healthy little scorplings, all pith and vinegar. the mother is doing fine.
i'm reasonably proud that she felt safe enough and comfortable enough to have her babies in my care, though i didn't physically mate the adults.
these scorplings will all be used to start a breeding project, if i'm able. i have another adult female, so i can mix the blood up a bit. i may sell the 2nd generation if all goes well! big, gorgeous, darkly coloured scorpions with some personality!
this week i will be pairing Chaetopelma olivacea (both sold by Martin Goss and thus fairly safe to assume they are from the same general locality in Israel) and Ephebopus rufescens (male borrowed from Peter Roach).
I've also mated Aphonopelma iodius (or whatever it is we have here that is called by that name).
i am weighing the pro's and cons of mating P cambridgei, as i feel the hobby may be a bit saturated at present.
all in all, a good year so far. with luck, my table at the next BTS will have a wealth of gorgeous little spiderlings and possibly adults for sale!
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