Heterometrus Spinifer?

FortCooper1982 · Jun 13, 2005

Hello all, thinking of adding these guys to my collection, done my research on them and prob going to get a couple. Is it a good choice or not really.
Any info or experence's would be a really big help, before i order, Thanks, cooper.

G. Carnell · Jun 13, 2005

yep theyre very entertaining
there is lots of info on the net about them too:

if you order from bugzuk.com they are WC from Malaysia
if you order from bugsdirectuk.com they are WC from Thailand

cacoseraph · Jun 13, 2005

i've had two

one was significantly more aggessive than any of the P.imps (emperors) i've seen. she was still handleable, but would hiss from time to time. she also managed to cut some of my soft wrist skin with her ungues

i loved her and was sad to see her go

FortCooper1982 · Jun 13, 2005

G. Carnell said:
yep theyre very entertaining
there is lots of info on the net about them too:

if you order from bugzuk.com they are WC from Malaysia
if you order from bugsdirectuk.com they are WC from Thailand

Bugdirect is where i will order them from if im getting them, they have new borns and adults, look cool. Will try the other site, cheers

G. Carnell · Jun 13, 2005

another note: the bugzUK ones are very battered, and the guy doesnt keep them well
he sold them to me on this kinda glittery gold substrate

they are VERY agressive though, one has already tagged me

FortCooper1982 · Jun 13, 2005

cacoseraph said:
i've had two

one was significantly more aggessive than any of the P.imps (emperors) i've seen. she was still handleable, but would hiss from time to time. she also managed to cut some of my soft wrist skin with her ungues

i loved her and was sad to see her go

Didn't know they hiss

have always wanted a hisser, i prefer aggressive as well. Sorry about her she sounded awesome! cheers

FortCooper1982 · Jun 13, 2005

G. Carnell said:
another note: the bugzUK ones are very battered, and the guy doesnt keep them well
he sold them to me on this kinda glittery gold substrate

they are VERY agressive though, one has already tagged me

Oh what, did if hurt (bit of a stupid question but ill ask it anyway)?

cacoseraph · Jun 13, 2005

G. Carnell said:
another note: the bugzUK ones are very battered, and the guy doesnt keep them well
he sold them to me on this kinda glittery gold substrate

they are VERY agressive though, one has already tagged me

could the subsrate have been baked mica?

i think it's called vermiculite or something like that

G. Carnell · Jun 13, 2005

hmm
it looked like bits of wood, with glitter on it, i threw it all away at the show, but it annoyed me that they were so poorly kept

they were ALL annorexic too
here is a pic of one (after it had eaten about 10 jumbo crix)
its covered in this white stuff (not excretement)
but they were WC in Malaysia

cacoseraph · Jun 13, 2005

did the white stuff come off?

G. Carnell · Jun 13, 2005

no idea, Malaysia maybe

here is a pic of him a bit later, after a few crix and some water:

FortCooper1982 · Jun 13, 2005

Really cool pic, looks promising, chela is huge, is it male or female?

G. Carnell · Jun 13, 2005

hi
its a male, yea the claws on him are huge

i also got another male who has tiny claws, but is even more agressive (always trys to actually sting me)

FortCooper1982 · Jun 13, 2005

Bet he takes crik down no problem, do you feed him anything else?

G. Carnell · Jun 13, 2005

nah, i only feed crickets

these are a must get!
you can get them with a yellow telson too

or a black one from Bugsdirectuk
(might be a diff species)

FortCooper1982 · Jun 13, 2005

Think ill get some there very cool, like the fact they look like emps but are more aggressive thats always good. Have you had any cannabilism?

G. Carnell · Jun 13, 2005

i havnt, but i keep them all separate, when i put them together they act threateningly towards each other, and one ends up going beserk and trying to escape.

you should only keep them together in a communal setup if you have a group from the same brood, and even then you are still taking risks!

Anthony · Jun 13, 2005

Impressive looking. TLC made a big improvement.

FortCooper1982 · Jun 14, 2005

Hi all, just got my Heterometrus Spinifer today, looks pretty awesome, taken down a giant locust already! only had him ten minutes!! Thanks george for your help, how old is the spinifer in the picture? Mine relatively small at the moment.

Goint to keep them separate as buying them individually.

G. Carnell · Jun 14, 2005

Hi David
no idea how old seeing it was WC
the size varies from around 9-10cm for the smallest adults to about 14cm for monster huge ones

i have a dead "monster huge one" from Cambodia while it was still in the French empire!
thats history for you eh?

(its 14cm, and probably twice as well built as my ones)

can you post any pics?
id love to see a pic of the Thai ones the guy from Bugsdirectuk has

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