Whip-scorpion romance

Fatlimey sez, "On the Arachnopets board, people enjoy keeping nature's nightmares as pets. and you can read about the owners going all squishy about their pets and their little arachnobabies. This thread is a whip scorpion love story with mysterious dances, spermatophores and 'cute baby whipling' pictures."

Well, I have a pair of adult D. variegatus and this evening I put them together. The male touched many times the female body but she reject him. After that, I left them alone, more "private" and 2-3 hours late i found the male walking out of the cork and the female was behind a "drop", I think it was the structure where the sperm is guarded (I don´t know the english word, sorry)

Damon variegatus male and female sex! :-P (Thanks, Fatlimey!)

[Anonymous October 22, 2009 3:54 AM]

this is a whip spider..

[Mina October 22, 2009 5:09 AM]

The stuff of nightmares...especially the egg case...

[Talia October 22, 2009 5:54 AM]

Argh. I may never sleep again.

[boxlightbox October 22, 2009 6:15 AM]

Naturally, also something Bear Grylls ate on Man vs. Wild.

[David B October 22, 2009 7:20 AM]

Saw these in Costa Rica - SO cool! Place it on your hand, slowly turn your hand vertically and its little spider legs (it's a spider, not a scorpion) keep it stuck to you.

[Anonymous October 22, 2009 9:35 AM]

Beware the "Cancle"!!

[Antinous / Moderator October 22, 2009 9:47 AM]

Crucio.

[theawesomerobot October 22, 2009 10:27 AM]

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

[aplombtom October 22, 2009 9:31 PM]

Actually, it's neither spider nor scorpion. It's an amblypygid, which is a different arachnid order altogether from spiders or scorpions. But to make matters more confusing, it's technical misnomer of a proper name is usually 'tailless whip scorpion' so as not to confuse it with vinegarroons, which are sometimes called 'whip scorpions' despite being in yet another non-scorpion arachnid order.

Having said that, I used to have one of these guys. They're fascinating and completely harmless.

[bunedoggle October 23, 2009 12:00 PM]

I swear I saw the people on the show Fear Factor eat those things alive. I believe they were calling them African Cave Spiders.

I had to turn the show off. It was an episode shot in Las Vegas and those critters were crawling on a roulette table.

HEY!!, I just found the video:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=5927939

[Lord Xenu October 24, 2009 8:18 PM]

Jesus Christ! What the hell do I roll to kill this thing?