- This Old World Buthidae scorpion is from Tanzania.
- This is the largest Babycurus at 3.5" - 4.5"
- It is possible to keep adult specimens of this species in small groups, consisting of more females than males. Females seem to have a more healthy appetite then the
males, who eat more irregularly.
- Carapace is light brown with darker areas near the edge of the carapace and the interocular region. The tergites are more yellowish to light brown in juveniles and more light to darkish brown in adults, with a horizontal elliptic shaped dark brown band (or more bands, mostly three, in juveniles) across the dorsal side of the mesosoma. Both juveniles and adults bear a pattern of beautiful yellow vertical stripes across the mesosoma. The fingers of the pedipalps and chelicerae are blackish. The basitarsus and tarsus are darker than the other leg segments.
- The pectinal teeth count of B. gigas is 19-24 for both sexes.
- They are known to play dead (catalepsy) when startled, especially younger specimens.
- This is the largest Babycurus at 3.5" - 4.5"
- It is possible to keep adult specimens of this species in small groups, consisting of more females than males. Females seem to have a more healthy appetite then the
males, who eat more irregularly.
- Carapace is light brown with darker areas near the edge of the carapace and the interocular region. The tergites are more yellowish to light brown in juveniles and more light to darkish brown in adults, with a horizontal elliptic shaped dark brown band (or more bands, mostly three, in juveniles) across the dorsal side of the mesosoma. Both juveniles and adults bear a pattern of beautiful yellow vertical stripes across the mesosoma. The fingers of the pedipalps and chelicerae are blackish. The basitarsus and tarsus are darker than the other leg segments.
- The pectinal teeth count of B. gigas is 19-24 for both sexes.
- They are known to play dead (catalepsy) when startled, especially younger specimens.