Fat Scorpion!

[Sdaji]

A friend's scorpion had babies, he gave me one and I've been raising it for a while, I think it has been a bit over a year now. It's a very fat little thing! I'm amazed how long they take to molt!

 

[moosenoose]

Nice with a bit of soy I reckon

 

[Sdaji]

Nice with a bit of soy I reckon

I don't think I've tried them seasoned, but they are pretty yummy. The meat inside the legs, claws and metasoma ('tail') tastes like prawns. You can road or fry the whole things and they're pretty good. Fried in peanut oil might be okay. Soy might work too if it suits your palate, but I'd prefer chilli sauce if I was going to season them (imagine soy on prawns - not my cup of tea!)

 

[dottyback]

awesome photo! am i correct it looks like it has eggs in belly?

 

[Duke]

Nice one Sdaji.
Do you have any other shots of the enclosure you keep it in?

 

[Sdaji]

Dottyback: No. I tell you what though, if I saw that picture without any context, I would also think it was gravid! It is actually only about 10% of adult size, I don't know what sex it is to be honest, but it is far too young and small to be mature. Incidentally, scorpions are very unusual and have live babies.

Duke: That's the one and only picture I have ever taken of that animal. Its enclosure is a very small, circular take away container, about 6cm across and 3cm high.

 

[Duke]

Yeah that's the same that I have mine in.

 

[ThatTyeGuy]

yeh thats a little fatty alright, are u feeding it more than once or twice a week...looks like its gonna pop, is it an elongatus??

 

[Rox.n.Lix]

awesome photo! am i correct it looks like it has eggs in belly?

pretty sure thats just fat? i may stand corrected, but looks like when i used to have to dissect roaches at uni, they had fat globules like that (the yellow goop when you squish em) all attached through their GIT.

 

[Cuddly_pony]

My goodness and I thought my cat was obese lol kidding
He/she is very cute tho

 

[ChrisZhang]

what do you feed them?

 

[Sdaji]

yeh thats a little fatty alright, are u feeding it more than once or twice a week...looks like its gonna pop, is it an elongatus??

Good call! Yes, it's Urodacus elongatus. I feed it as much as it wants to eat (which might explain its physique! :lol: )

Chris: I feed scorpions cockroaches. Yum!

 

[ThatTyeGuy]

yeh i have 2 U. Novaehollindae and 7 Lychas M. Obscurus i try not to feed more than once a week

 

[horsenz]

tastes like prawns hmmmm be nice with the chill sauce and a side dish of bbq rat i think

 

[Sdaji]

tastes like prawns hmmmm be nice with the chill sauce and a side dish of bbq rat i think

Don't be ridiculous! No one would eat BBQ rat, especially not after a few beers in QLD!

 

[Khagan]

Chris: I feed scorpions cockroaches. Yum!

You sure? Looks like you been feeding it big macs :lol:.

 

[AUSGECKO]

Hi Sdaji,
It looks like its still at first instar, Im pretty sure they are suppose to molt into thier second instar only a couple of weeks after birth, Thats one wierd fat elongatus! :lol:

 

[Sdaji]

You sure? Looks like you been feeding it big macs :lol:.

:lol:

Geck82: It's currently in third instar. When they're in first instar they are white (and very yummy! ).

 

[AUSGECKO]

:lol:

Geck82: It's currently in third instar. When they're in first instar they are white (and very yummy! ).

That makes sense, Its just alot lighter in colour than what im used to seeing in elongatus, but i mostly deal with 5th and 6th instars.

 

[Sdaji]

Yeah, the smaller instars are much lighter