Androctonus bicolor

[BrianS]

This is my newest bicolor. I now have a male and a female. Hopefully I can get them to fall in love and have babies lol
http://img96.exs.cx/img96/420/bestbicolor3yx.jpg
http://img96.exs.cx/img96/4184/bicolor6pv.jpg
http://img96.exs.cx/img96/7510/bicolr27hv.jpg

[BrianS]

Here are more pics I just snapped
http://img128.exs.cx/img128/5012/bicolorsting5mr.jpg
http://img128.exs.cx/img128/9706/bicolorcricket0qv.jpg
http://img128.exs.cx/img128/857/bicolorcrick20es.jpg

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

Very nice! Good luck with the babies! Watching them eat is VERY interesting eh? I used to have 3 scorps. One(Emp) was about 1.5 inches long....and he would take down 4-5wk old crix. My two adult asian forest scorps were really cool too.
Thanks for sharing!

C.

[Bartman]

Im really beginning to have a love for these scorps. I ended up keeping the bark scorpion I thought id give away and hes doing great chomping down crickets :D

What kind of scorp is that? They are called bi-color? And how much would something like that go for? And last id like to know the potency of their venom. I dont handle them as im actually scared of em lol, but id like to know in a worse case scenerio sort of deal :)

Thanks and VERY nice pics..

[Dragoon]

yes, very nice pics. I especially like the fourth one that shows it stinging. You can see how flexible they are.

Are you sure that's a bicolor? I ask because I had one earlier this year, and it had lots of reddish areas, and the black areas. Sortof like it was shaded a couple of colors. I'd like to get another someday. Enjoy yours.
D.

[BrianS]

Originally posted by Bartman
Im really beginning to have a love for these scorps. I ended up keeping the bark scorpion I thought id give away and hes doing great chomping down crickets :D

What kind of scorp is that? They are called bi-color? And how much would something like that go for? And last id like to know the potency of their venom. I dont handle them as im actually scared of em lol, but id like to know in a worse case scenerio sort of deal :)

Thanks and VERY nice pics..
Androctonus bicolor is the latin or scientific name. When dealing with arachnids it is always better to use that name instead of the common name. Reason being is that a common name might mean more than 1 species and a species may have several common names. This scorp is usually called Black Fat Tail as a common name. It is considered a dangerous scorp like most of the ones I keep. However, they are easy to manage since they can't climb glass or plastic. They are great to keep as long as you use common sense and be careful.

Thanks everyone for your nice compliments:)

[BrianS]

Originally posted by Dragoon
yes, very nice pics. I especially like the fourth one that shows it stinging. You can see how flexible they are.

Are you sure that's a bicolor? I ask because I had one earlier this year, and it had lots of reddish areas, and the black areas. Sortof like it was shaded a couple of colors. I'd like to get another someday. Enjoy yours.
D.

Yes it is A bicolor. I have seen scorps of the same species have different coloration. This usually is determined from the area it came from. If yours had alot of reddish colors it could have come from an area with more reddish or even lighter soil

[BrianS]

I just snapped this last night.
http://img138.exs.cx/img138/3825/abicolorupclose7rn.jpg

[Reptiteen]

That's a nice looking scorp. Looks like he had a ball with that cricket!