This little guy crawled into my room and I've no idea what it is
Tailless whip scorpion
>>2163589
They dangerous?
Are they good pets?
>>2163586
>>2163597
No they aren't dangerous. At worst they'll pinch you. They are commonly kept as pets
>>2163594
>They dangerous?
hell no
>Are they good pets?
Apparently. Be nice though.
I'd love to know where these can stroll into your house.
>>2163599
>At worst they'll pinch you.
They almost can't even manage that much with how underdeveloped their pincers are.
holy fucking shit nope
>>2163606
That's adorable
>>2163606
You realize thats CGI, right?
>>2163635
http://www.panarthropoda.de/sub/haltung/geisselspinnen/familien/euphrynichusbacilliferen.php
http://www.panarthropoda.de/sub/allgemeines/phrynichidaefamilieen.php
http://www.bugzuk.com/insects/scorpions/1-amblypygids-euphrynichus-cf-amanica
http://ebi1.uniprot.org/taxonomy/317671
>>2163606
even those with more developed pincers are terrible at using them.
they're so bad at hunting that they often starve in captivity, they can't even catch injured roaches.
>>2163650
Don't feed them roaches. They eat small stuff like woodlice and small/medium crickets.
The more robust they are the bigger stuff you can feed to them.
>>2163651
this guy knows what's up, I was just about to write that
>>2163651
roaches don't come in one size as far as I know.
I used to breed D. medius, they're pretty large.
>>2163653
Yeah the whip spider you showed should get medium sized house crickets at most.
The prey should fit between their pedipalps comforably, so anything bigger than your pinky is wide is just too big for that animal.
>>2163655
crickets are terrible feeders, baby roaches are vastly superior.
D. medius eats termites in the wild I think.
>>2163656
I'm just using crickets as a size reference. I personally feed my smaller whip spiders with woodlice which I just get outside. They're very close to what they'd eat in nature and not very nutritious so they have to eat a lof of them which means I can watch them often.
>>2163657
wild woodlice carry all sorts of nasties.
I have a colony of those tiny tropical woodlice laying around, haven't even touched their box in over a year and they're still thriving.
>>2163658
>wild woodlice carry all sorts of nasties.
Yeah just like wild anything. I use soil straight from the forest (mixed with gardening soil) for most of my enclosures too.
Most of my decorations also come straight from outside and I don't boil them or do anything like that. I just clean them up a bit.
I've never had a problem with any pathogens, parasites or the like. All my animals come from tropical or subtropical biomes, the overlap with my temperate fauna and flora is minimal.
>>2163659
I often see woodlice that carry iridoviridae so I'm a bit wary with those.
>>2163660
I've heard about that too but I've never seen an infected one, ever. At least not as heavily infected as to be visible.
Where are you from that you see these?
>>2163661
the netherlands, they're extremely common, there's atleast a few under every log I lift.
they're usually blue or purple.
>>2163662
Huh, strange. Northrhine-Westphalia, west germany here. I'm like 2 hours away from you at most.
You sure you're not confusing them for ones that are about to molt when they have air under their old skin? That can kinda look bluish sometimes too.
>>2163663
no, I know what iridoviridae looks like.
it doesn't affect all species though, I've never seen Oniscus asellus with it for example.
it's usually Porcellio scaber that carries it.
>>2163664
I'll keep an eye out from now on, though I'm pretty sure I would have spotted one by now if they were common here.
I mean a blue or purple one would have to stand out in the huge aggregates I usually find them in (though for some reason P. scaber is actually a lot rarer than O. asellus around here, while Philoscia muscorum is kinda common).
>>2163666
I often see Armadillidium vulgare with it as well.
the Porcellio scaber population is decreasing for some reason, it used to be the most common species, now A.vulgare and O. asellus are the most common even though you barely saw O. asellus anywhere but in the forest barely a decade ago.
>>2163668
>the Porcellio scaber population is decreasing for some reason
Huh, so someone else noticed this too. And somewhere that's not around my immediate area.
I've been thinking that for years now but with no hard evidence to back it up.
I haven't found any papers on the subject either.
>>2163668
I just lifted some random pots, spotted atleast a dozen P. scaber affected by iridoviridae.
I blame obamacare.
>>2163669
took a picture of one for you.
>>2163674
Yeah I would have noticed that. Looks like you just have Isopod AIDS around there.
>>2163678
I found some articles on it, apparently about 20% of our woodlouse die to it.
>>2163670
I've seen some speculation about using the virus for pest control. I wonder if people have actually been doing field tests or something?
>>2163586
That thing from that one Harry Potter scene
>>2163722
I hate how that movie marketed amplypygi as "that spoopy fantasy monster animal that thankfully probably doesn't exist IRL".
It's thanks to this kind of popular culture that arachnophobia is still a thing.
>>2163716
woodlice isn't considered a pest here as far as I know.
>>2163648
What does that have to do with anything? The video is a kids school project. They don't behave like that
>>2163729
Nah m8, I'm proper arachnaphobic as fuck and it has nothing to do with scary scenes in movies, shit's involuntary and likely rooted in some very negative encounters I had with spiders as a kid.
Lots of people say they have arachnophobia I guess, but being spooked by spiders and hyperventilating when you're near a spider are two different things.
>>2163751
Some do. I've had male Paraphrynus try to grab me like that.
>>2163729
Was watching this movie with my girl that didn't know my full autism power levels yet and she said "what if that actually existed" and I said "it does" and revealed to her that I have full autism. Then again, we were watching Harry Potter which she chose
>>2164571
You have autism because you know a fairly unique looking animal exists?
>>2164619
According to most people, yes
>>2164571
>you didn't even tell her the exact species.
if that's your full power I feel bad for you, train hard young padawan.
>>2164829
It's a damon species, no?
>>2164926
it's Damon variegatus if I remember correctly.
