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Old 12-01-2006, 02:08 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Sorry to have to use a Sir-Mix-a-Lot spoof as my title, but I think it works pretty good. LOL

Anyone else here into bugs? Here are some of my critters that I keep, and no, none of them are deadly. I used to keep "HOT" species of scorpions, but have since sold them all and am now concentrating on the non-potentially-lethal species and subspecies. Im here to share them and dispel any myths surrounding these wonderful creatures. If youd like to know more about them, dont hesitate to ask!

Hadrurus arizonensis (Arizona desert hairy scorpion):
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/H.jpg (broken link)

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/H-4.jpg (broken link)

Hadogenes troglodytes (African flat rock scorpion):
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/Crabbyonhand.jpg (broken link)

Avicularia versicolor (Martinique pinktoe tarantula):


Tenodera aridifolia (Chinese mantis):
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Old 12-01-2006, 02:11 PM
 
Location: Georgia.I rather be in GODS country Tennessee.Everybody knows Gods a VOLS fan.
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ok,Steve-o tell that cricket in the first picture that they are not dangerous.
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Old 12-01-2006, 02:11 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Lampropeltis getula californiae (California kingsnake):


Scolopendra alternans (giant centipede: 7"):


Mantis religiosa (European mantid):
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/f217b821.jpg (broken link)

Damon variegatus (Tanzanian tailless whipscorpion):
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/5d39ad2b.jpg (broken link)
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Old 12-01-2006, 02:14 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Scolopendra subspinipes de haani (Vietnamese giant centipede: 9"):


Size:


Overexposed shot of my E. murinus (skeleton tarantula):
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/587d78e5.jpg (broken link)

Centruroides gracilis (South American bark scorpion):
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/03ad380e.jpg (broken link)

Grammostola aureostriata (Chaco golden knee tarantula):
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/c7784323.jpg (broken link)
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Old 12-01-2006, 02:16 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Baby Aphonopelma hentzi (from Missouri):


Diplocentrus whitei (Texas species):


Heterometrus spinifer (Asian forest scorpion):
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/88945db9.jpg (broken link)

The ever-popular emperor scorpion (Pandinus imperator):
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/b958d3cf.jpg (broken link)
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Old 12-01-2006, 02:18 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Androctonus amoreuxi:
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/6bf7d131.jpg (broken link)

Ethmostigmus trigonopodus (Tanzanian yellow leg centipede):


Babycurus jacksoni (Tanzanian bark scorpion):
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/0a6cbfec.jpg (broken link)

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Greenbottle blue tarantula):
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Old 12-01-2006, 02:21 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Scorpions under blacklight:

Arizona desert hairy:


Vaejovis confusus I caught in Scottsdale, AZ:
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/a9bb574b.jpg (broken link)

Androctonus mauritanicus (Moroccan fattail scorpion--highly lethal--sold):
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/8719b170.jpg (broken link)

Babycurus jacksoni:
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/fe7913d5.jpg (broken link)
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Old 12-01-2006, 02:22 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Scorpio maurus:
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/S.jpg (broken link)

Grammostola rosea (tarantula):
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/2a7f5b62.jpg (broken link)

Parabuthus liosoma (black-tipped fattail scorpion):
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Old 12-01-2006, 02:24 PM
 
Location: Chattanooga TN
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Freakin amazing! I got so lost in the beauty of the pics I didn't mind the creatures so much LOL The blacklight pics are CRAZY! Aren't the mantis just CUTECUTECUTE?! Nice job SteveO!
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Old 12-01-2006, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Why thank you! And yes, I think mantids are just the cutest things on earth, especially as babies. I just love how they move their little alien-heads to look at me. Too cute.

I forgot these pictures. These are Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii, theyre an African species. I have raised these guys up from the size of ants. Theyre starting to get their colors and the spikes.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/P-8.jpg (broken link)

Tell me these arent adorable?!?! LOL
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/P-2.jpg (broken link)

Here is what they looked like when I first bought them. I took this shot through a magnifying glass, thats how small they were! Notice the lack of color and spikes too...
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/Illinoisboy/4dfa11e1.jpg (broken link)
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