Our own Canadian Scorpion *pic*

[Vanan]

Seems like they're northern most range has extended into Saskatchewan from Alberta. Cute lil guys, but with major attitude. Sting relatively harmless. Comparable to a bee sting. Found under logs, and even under "prairie patties" aka dried cow dung.

<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/137scorp1.jpg">
Paruroctonus boreus

[meow_mix450]

wow nwat thanks for sharing

[Burm41]

Thats a cool looking scorpion

[TheRedDragon]

That's a very cool looking scorpion, I've never seen any scorpions in Alberta yet, so, it's nice to see a picture of one.

[Tim and Julie B]

Hey we supposedly have those. Someone brought a sun scorp into the petstore the other day. They released it that day dahm I wish I had been able to see it! I heard the N. Scorps breed like rabbits. TB

[Vanan]

Yea, their northern range is supposed to extend from Southern BC to Southern Alberta. Would be cool if somene could find out more info on them. Not much on the net.

Breed like rabbits eh. Hmmm...interesting. Guess I have to look up scorp breeding.

[nouserpif]

hey, could you gimme some info on them? like captive care/etc...
Their so cool! how big?

[Vanan]

Not much info on them Dan, let alone captive care. The ones we've found have been in the 1"-2" range. Small buggers.

[Invictus]

Go to Drumheller into the hoodoos, you'll see more scorps than you can count. Awesome pics again, Vanan. I'm glad they're venturing into your neck of the woods now too.

[Jeff_Favelle]

What an awesome pictures!! Holy!

[Vanan]

Well we're hoping to go out this evening and I'm gonna be looking for them. We'll see how many we find. Usually stumble upon them by chance.

[Tim and Julie B]

Max. length is 4 inches but people have said they have seen bigger (fish tale?). They behave a lot like a Texas scorp. Although less aboreal. They do fine in the low to mid 80's with a slight drop in temp at night my guess is about mid 70's even though they are probably quite capable of going right down to freezing. Some scorps can actually freeze mostly ones at higher altitudes and thaw with no ill affects. Amazing little creatures aren't they? I do not know if our local species is capable of that but it would make since since it lives at this high of a latitude. I would love the appertunity to breed them one day. Take care. TB

[Cooper]

ok ok, I am from the okanagan valley in southern B.C., and we have those guys around. They are called northern scorpions (paruroctonus boreas) and they reach a maximum length of around 2 inches body length, although this is rare. Their sting is harmless and they can live into freezing teperatures. They need no humidity and construct "scrapes" to hide in during the day. This means that they "scrape" substrate away from around or under an object (rock, log, etc.) until it is satisfactory. They are fairly prolific breeders retaining sperm for up to 2-3 clutches in my experience and the breeding takes place in late spring early summer, with many WC females found during late July/early August being gravid. Tim and Julie, they get nowhere near 4 inches, you must be thinking of the desert hairy scorpion(hadrurus spadix/arizonis), which have been known ta achieve these lengths. They flouresce(sp?) green and are great fun to go hunting for with a portable black light. This is all I can think of right now, hope I have been helpful.

David Cooper, #88

[FrankQC]

I WANT SOME!!!

Who will ship to Montreal here?

[KristenM]

Sweet! Nice Pic!