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Old 11-19-2008, 07:07 PM
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Default Heterometrus petersii giving birth

Caught while giving birth







Probably this will be a decent size brood if you look at how fat the female is
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Old 11-20-2008, 03:26 PM
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Very cool. Good luck with them!
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Old 11-20-2008, 03:54 PM
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Woah.. they give birth through the front?!
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Old 11-20-2008, 06:04 PM
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Default Re: Heterometrus petersii giving birth

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Woah.. they give birth through the front?!
You know where the pectines are?
They give birth just more in front of that, the genital opperculum

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Final result:
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Old 12-31-2008, 10:52 AM
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Default Re: Heterometrus petersii giving birth

Jero,

Very nice brood of H. petersii and great shots of the fem, postembryo, and birth basket. As my entire collection is primarily comprised of various Tityus spp. I never get to observe females dropping their kids into birth baskets as most of my Tityus give birth hanging upside down from various structures, and the young descend to the dorsa of maternal females! LOL
Best of luck with the "kids".

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