Biggin it up India style

After a good deal of searching I finally managed to track down a few juvies of the Giant Indian Forest scorpion, Heterometrus swammerdammi. Apparently they are the longest scorpion on record at 9" (although Emperor scorpions get bulkier)....these guys have a bit of growing to get to that size though!

Now that's a nice scorpion. You gota love their little faces. Is he coming out guns blazing

nice little invert zoo going on there Morellia.

Keep up the good work.

ian

That brute must pack a punch . Most scorpions with small nippers and big stingers do .

Nice scorp dude!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Compared to the spinnifer that is one hairy scorpion. Cracker.

Yep, its one hairy dude alright.....and his girlfriend is equally hairy (Danish influence perhaps? LOL)

Apparently the sting of these guys is only a fraction worse than a sting from the Emperor, although its all relative I guess as each person will react differently and each scorpion may envenomate with different amounts of venom. When fully grown these guys use their size and large pincers as their first line of defence, so the venom is at the milder end of the scale (as it is in other Heterometrus species).

I take it you don't like them Marty? I think they are pretty awesome.

jonty wrote:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Tan wrote:I take it you don't like them Marty? I think they are pretty awesome.

That's putting it mildly Tan I have had an irrational fear of these for years, I don't know why. One thing is for sure you'll never ever see one of these in my house........

So you don't want to meet Pinchy then, he's pretty awesome too :)

Does pichy want to meet the underside of the yellow pages

LOL and I thought I was bad with my irrational fear of spiders for years. Go on Marty, confront your fear

I'd join in here but I fear I may see the inside of Pinchy if I keep it up and I rather like them where they are at the moment, as does he I'm sure

Is Pinchy an Emperor Tan?

No he's a Forest Karl and has the attitude of a T-Rex

Niiice - these guys are my first Heterometrus so no doubt they'll be the same. Not that I mind - it all adds to the entertainment in the animal room!

I think I might just get one of these to hell lol

Joe you need one in every collection

Lovely to look at but don't fancy looking after them lol