Show Us Your: Arachnids! (Spiders, scorpions, ticks.)

Truely mazing

Thankyou for sharing

We are fortunate of having Blaine's contribution to this topic. Interesting that not even Blaine owns the katipo spider from Science and Nature or it would be presented here. It is just a painting variation from the redback but surely interesting.

Roger wrote:

We are fortunate of having Blaine's contribution to this topic. Interesting that not even Blaine owns the katipo spider from Science and Nature or it would be presented here. It is just a painting variation from the redback but surely interesting.

I didn't realize S&M made a katipo? If it's available, I'll find one...

bmathison1972 wrote:

Roger wrote:

We are fortunate of having Blaine's contribution to this topic. Interesting that not even Blaine owns the katipo spider from Science and Nature or it would be presented here. It is just a painting variation from the redback but surely interesting.

I didn't realize S&M made a katipo? If it's available, I'll find one...

It is only available through New Zealand
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In March, it will be introduced in Australia too and it may turn easier to get through Minizoo.

Roger wrote:

bmathison1972 wrote:

Roger wrote:

We are fortunate of having Blaine's contribution to this topic. Interesting that not even Blaine owns the katipo spider from Science and Nature or it would be presented here. It is just a painting variation from the redback but surely interesting.

I didn't realize S&M made a katipo? If it's available, I'll find one...

It is only available through New Zealand
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In March, it will be introduced in Australia too and it may turn easier to get through Minizoo.

So it looks like it's new and only available to retailers. If so, minizoo and others should have it in 2017. Thanks for the heads-up! I have the Yowies katipo but this one will be nicer.

Great spiders

my newcomers

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Time of the spiders! Great newcomers Andreas!

Thank you Yvette :)

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Thank you Yvette :)

The top one looks like the Play Visions spitting spider, Scytodes thoracica. Is the bottom one the Bullyland red-kneed tarantula? I just ordered one too, along with the three 2017 Bullyland spiders.

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widukind wrote:

Thank you Yvette :)

The top one looks like the Play Visions spitting spider, Scytodes thoracica. Is the bottom one the Bullyland red-kneed tarantula? I just ordered one too, along with the three 2017 Bullyland spiders.

Yes it is Bullyland and the spitting spider. But not marked as PV but very similar, so it is Club Earth

widukind wrote:

bmathison1972 wrote:

widukind wrote:

Thank you Yvette :)

The top one looks like the Play Visions spitting spider, Scytodes thoracica. Is the bottom one the Bullyland red-kneed tarantula? I just ordered one too, along with the three 2017 Bullyland spiders.

Yes it is Bullyland and the spitting spider. But not marked as PV but very similar, so it is Club Earth

yes, Club Earth. I am sorry. There are three sets like this (PV, CE, K&M) and I still often forget which one was in which set :)

bmathison1972 wrote:

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yes, Club Earth. I am sorry. There are three sets like this (PV, CE, K&M) and I still often forget which one was in which set :)

Whith the amount of spiders , insects etc that you have, it is no wonder

bmathison1972 wrote:

widukind wrote:

bmathison1972 wrote:

widukind wrote:

Thank you Yvette :)

The top one looks like the Play Visions spitting spider, Scytodes thoracica. Is the bottom one the Bullyland red-kneed tarantula? I just ordered one too, along with the three 2017 Bullyland spiders.

Yes it is Bullyland and the spitting spider. But not marked as PV but very similar, so it is Club Earth

yes, Club Earth. I am sorry. There are three sets like this (PV, CE, K&M) and I still often forget which one was in which set :)

And all with very unusual species and nice figurines :)

I have replaced the PB images with Postimage images, for spiders, mites, ticks, and pseudoscorpions. At some point I will add some scorpions and whipscorpions.

Thank you Blaine!

Geee! There are very rare pieces here...

Bullyland

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Papo fattail scorpion. Here is the only figure I've bought locally, this year, for my collection. I shouldn't but I couldn't resist. It is a spectacular figure and recomended to everyone. No excuses if you are not a collector of scorpions.

I just realized I never posted my scorpions. Here they are (cut-and-paste from Bug of the Day):

The emperor scorpion, Pandinus imperator. Unless specifically indicated otherwise, I will assume all scorpion figures of Pandinus represent P. imperator. This species is not ignored and has been made by US, European, Asian, and Australian manufacturers...

A. Large and very large figures.

1. Giant figure by an unknown manufacturer. It is very similar to the smaller AAA model but it not marked as such; Toy Major is another possibility.

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2. Safari LTD (Smithsonian Insects).

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3. Chap Mei [added 5/30/2017]

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B. Medium and smaller figures.

1. AAA
2. Bullyland
3. Toy major

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1. Edu Science
2. Kaiyodo (Night Aqua Museum)
3. Bullyland [original]
4. Cadbury (Yowies - UK release)
5. Safari LTD (Authentics Insects)
6. Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. (Scorpions)
7. Discovery Channel (Deadly Kiss: Poisonous Animals)

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Fat-tailed scorpions in the genus Androctonus.

I. Yellow fat-tailed scorpion, Androctonus australis.
1. Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. (Scorpions)
2. CollectA
3. Papo

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II. miscellaneous, unassigned Androctonus.
These are tentative IDs, based on the general morphology.

A. Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. (B.I.G. Insects).

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B. Safari LTD (Venomous Creatures TOOB).

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Scorpions in the genus Urodacus.

I. Yellow sand scorpion, Urodacus armatus.
One figure, by Cadbury (Yowies).

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II. Black rock scorpion, Urodacus manicatus.
One figure, by Science and Nature (Animals of Australia).

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The South African fat-tailed scorpion, Parabuthus transvaalicus.

One figure, by Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. (Scorpions) [notice the misspelling of the scientific name on the base!].

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Scorpions in the genus Buthus:

I. Spanish scorpion, Buthus ibericus.
One figure, by Paleo-Creatures (Little Treasures of Europe)

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II. Common yellow scorpion, Buthus occitanus.
One figure, by Kaiyodo (Souvenirs Entomologiques)

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Desert scorpions in the genus, Hadrurus.

I. Arizona hairy scorpion, Hadrurus arizonensis.
One figure, a model kit by AMT/Ertl (Gigantics).

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II. Desert scorpions, Hadrurus spp..
Two figures, both by Safari LTD (and both probably modeled after H. arizonensis, above).
1. Desert TOOB
2. Hidden Kingdom Insects

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Euscorpius. Since I have only one of these (to date), this is a good chance to show all of my generic scorpions...

I. Small wood scorpion, Euscorpius sp.
One figure, by Funrise Toys (World of Nature Insect Collection). One of the few figures in this set given a genus-level identification!

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II. Miscellaneous scorpions.

A. Medium to Large figures by known manufacturers/distributors.
1. K&M International
2. K&M International
3. Toy Major

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B. Smaller figures by known manufacturers.
1. Discovery Kids (Disgusting Facts Kit)
2. Groovy Tube Books (Bug Blast!)
3. K&M International (Insects Nature Tube)
4. Safari LTD (Cave Dwellers TOOB)
5. Safari LTD (Insects TOOB)
6. Silver Dolphin Books (Animal Adventures: Insects and Spiders)
7. Toy Major (Animal Planet Head Animal Tube - Insects)
8. Toy Major

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1. Schleich (Scorpion Nest)
2. Schleich (Death Valley Set)
3. PlayMobil

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C. Medium to large figures by unknown manufacturers.

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D. Smaller figures by unknown manufacturers.
Figure No. 1 was in a set released in conjunction with Disney's A Bug's Life.

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E. Porcelain figurines.
One, to date, by Little Critterz (Little Critterz).

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Great

Great that you got that scorpion, Roger

I can imagine you will be drooling, whan you see all Blaine's little sweethearts

SUSANNE wrote:

Great that you got that scorpion, Roger

I can imagine you will be drooling, whan you see all Blaine's little sweethearts

Surely Susanne! It is just impressive! However, I have a favorite among Blaine's figures. I absolutely love the common yellow scorpion from Kaiyodo Souvenirs enthomologics. It looks really real... maybe because I used to play with tsome like these when I was a boy. Maybe more precisely the Spanish scorpion, Blaine owns the Paleocreatures, I believe that is the exact species I could find in the South of Portugal.
I also wonder if any of these Emperor scorpions is lifesized? Blaine?

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I also wonder if any of these Emperor scorpions is lifesized? Blaine?

The closest are probably the two Bullyland figures, especially the re-make ([You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], in the image with the bigger figures). Maybe the Edu Science one for a smaller specimen.

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Roger wrote:

I also wonder if any of these Emperor scorpions is lifesized? Blaine?

The closest are probably the two Bullyland figures, especially the re-make ([You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], in the image with the bigger figures). Maybe the Edu Science one for a smaller specimen.

Thanks Blaine for your response. The Bullyland is interesting, it is not as impressive as Papo's fattail but it is a good size according with you and it is also relatively cheap and not hard to find. Who knows, some day, my Papo gets a friend.