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As far as my limited knowledge goes, females live longer than males. If you buy a fully grown wild scorpion, be prepared for it to only live a year, as the it's age would be unknown and it could die of some parasite it had from where it was caught, or some other disease. I bought a wild caught...

After doing a fair bit of research into the differences of P.Murinus DCF (dark colour form) and being the owner of two P.Chordatus', I agree with @KezyGLA about P.chordatus. look at my previous post and compare the two photos to yours.

Anyone headed down here on Saturday? I might make an appearance.

That suits me to be honest, means I mate have a potential mating pair!

I'm away this weekend, I'll try and get a decent photo on Sunday if it's out. The two photos I've uploaded are two different tarantulas - first one is the P. Chordatus, the second one where it's in the white box was labelled as p.murinus . It actually had obt on the box but it clearly isn't...

I guess it'll just be a waiting game to see if they both change significantly into adult life.

I thought that dark colour with the orange tint was the Usambara colour form? I could definitely be wrong though. Here's a photo of what I believe to be my DCF p. Murinus - just to clarify this enclosure was the one I bought her in, it's now in a much more appropriate enclosure . Sadly this is...

If I'm honest I'm the wrong person to ask if it's the same as perlite! If it is, it's interesting to know it keeps it loose. A cheap hobby made even cheaper when you get all your substrate free ;)

Hi guys, recently purchased 2 inch juvenile a P. chordatus "mustard baboon" . It looks extremely similar if not identical to my P. Murinus dark colour form which is a slightly larger juvenile at three inches. Maybe the mustard baboon will gain it's colouration in a few moults time, but for now...

Good info - so a very small amount mixed into the soil of my terrestrial tarantulas won't be an issue. Cheers for the advice. It makes sense that a substrate specifically designed for spiders shouldn't harm them.

Hi all, I've been keeping tarantulas for a few years and recently changed my choice of substrate due to the shop I get it from no longer stocking what I used to get. I use pro-rep eco earth now and have realised it has a very small amount of what seems to be vermiculite mixed in. Many people...

This may have already been talked about but hey ho - did anyone else notice that the scorpion and bat fight scene feature two separate scorps from scene to scene. One looks to be leirus quinquestriatus, and the other possibly a scorpio maurus? I can't quite tell. Either way, I thought it was...

Fantastic, I couldn't see it in the tub when I bought it, so I was surprised to find a grey tarantula in there and not an orange one. I was quite confused at the time, and then I did some research on the various colour forms.

I understand this may not be the best of photos, but if I take the lid of its temporary enclosure it just wants to bolt. It's a juvenile measuring at about 2.5-3 inch DLS.

Hi, I recently purchased a supposed pterinpchilus murinus from a local reptile shop and it is dark grey/ black and white. When I can I'll send a pic to see if I can get a positive id on it. I live in the UK myself, Nottingham specifically.