- These beauties were wild caught in Idaho.
- Also known as Black-Backed Desert Hairy.
- This New World scorpion is found in the United States (Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Oregon).
- In the wild, they are a burrower, but in captivity, we keep them as terrestrial.
- The adult size is about 5.5".
- Hadrurus spadix is almost identical to H. arizonensis spare one major superficial difference. Hadrurus spadix has a uniformly darkened carapace whereas H. arizonensis has an area devoid of coloration that forms a "U" shape at the front of the carapace near the chelicerae and lateral eyes. This area between the three sets of eyes (two lateral sets of usually three eyes, on the anterior corners of the carapace; one median pair on the top of the carapace) is called the interocular area. In H. arizonensis the unpigmented area is within this "interocular crescent".
- Behavior wise, they are a bit more defensive than other Hadrurus we've had.
- When we started Pinchers & Pokies, there were a few scorpions we always wanted to have: Babycurus gigas (because we love the Babycurus jacksoni), Hadogenes troglodytes (because they couldn't be found years ago and we had the Hadogenes paucidens), and this species, the Hadrurus spadix. It took seven years, but we finally have them! Very cool display species that are quite active. They love to dig and attack roaches with a vengeance!
- Also known as Black-Backed Desert Hairy.
- This New World scorpion is found in the United States (Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Oregon).
- In the wild, they are a burrower, but in captivity, we keep them as terrestrial.
- The adult size is about 5.5".
- Hadrurus spadix is almost identical to H. arizonensis spare one major superficial difference. Hadrurus spadix has a uniformly darkened carapace whereas H. arizonensis has an area devoid of coloration that forms a "U" shape at the front of the carapace near the chelicerae and lateral eyes. This area between the three sets of eyes (two lateral sets of usually three eyes, on the anterior corners of the carapace; one median pair on the top of the carapace) is called the interocular area. In H. arizonensis the unpigmented area is within this "interocular crescent".
- Behavior wise, they are a bit more defensive than other Hadrurus we've had.
- When we started Pinchers & Pokies, there were a few scorpions we always wanted to have: Babycurus gigas (because we love the Babycurus jacksoni), Hadogenes troglodytes (because they couldn't be found years ago and we had the Hadogenes paucidens), and this species, the Hadrurus spadix. It took seven years, but we finally have them! Very cool display species that are quite active. They love to dig and attack roaches with a vengeance!