Euscorpius flavicaudis field trip

My goodness what a weekend!

James and I were privileged enough to be allowed to visit and be involved with the study of one of the Euscorpius flavicaudis colonies here in the UK. This was my first field trip, the first of many more to come and what an awesome experience it was.

I know I have seen my scorpions fluoresce under a UV light. But catching my first wild scorpion in the UV torch beam was incredible. In a crack in a wall, chela were glowing green! The excitement is indescribable.

Where the colony is located, it is a wonderful micro habitat mainly consisting of 3 alien species, obviously the Euscorpius flavicaudis but also Sergestia florentina, one of the most venomous spiders in the UK and a tropical species of woodlice (the scientific name escapes me at the moment!) And the three species thrive together. the woodlice obviously munch through rotting vegetation, and the Sergestia and Euscorpius munch on them.
By the same token the Sergestia and the Euscorpius also feed on each other! we found several scorpions trapped in webs and we were lucky enough to find a Euscorpius feasting on an adult Sergestia

I am very pleased to report that the original colony is going strong. I would tell you more but I have been asked to keep it brief so the full report can go into the BTS journal.

I will add some pictures later when I have chance to download, then upload them!

we did collect some specimens, we hope to get them breeding in captivity

Nice one Lisa, this colony was in Kent aye or?

Looking forward to pics..

aye... somewhere in Kent

Awesome, I thought about going down there.. it would have been awesome to see them.

But I heard it was private property and no one was aloud near them or something meh lol.

yeah you have to have permission to see this particular colony

Thats great Lisa !, Good luck breeding them
Carn't wait to see the pics ..

what fun we had eh Lisa?
i've been out for native spiders before but never native scorps...this was something special indeed

I am still finding splinters in my fingers as well hahaha!

haha you had no luck avoiding local flora!
i got stung by nettles but that faded pretty quickly

you should see my right leg where that bramble snared me. 6" scrape!

i am sure i had less protection to! lol!

anyone would think we were in the middle of no-where roughing it through unspeakably inhospitable terrain

PMSL!!!!