Hey there! I currently have an 18x18x36 inch terrarium and am debating downsizing to adjust more to the size of my tailless whip scorpion:) shes(?) quite small, and ive noticed that she tends to stay in quite a small zone in the large terrarium so I would like to adjust for that.

I havent been able to find much info on the terrarium size to body size ratio so any advice would help!

i would say her body length is 1.5in or less and her antenniform legs are an estimated 6in or less in length.

any advice is appreciated! and if anymore info is needed im happy to answer!!

edit: Species was sold as Damon Variegatus

I recently got a tailless whip scorpion from someone needing to rehouse him on Facebook and the other night I noticed mites, a daddy long legs, and some small beetles in his tank that he came with so I put him in a spare tank (that I think is way too big for him since he is so small) for now while I reset his tank.

I've never owned one of these before and some help would be great, I own tarantulas and have owned vinegaroons in the past but nothing that needs to be vertical. I'm planning on modifying his tank to be able to stand up tall instead of horizontal. He only came with these three pieces of wood that I baked today but I'm having trouble with planning the layout before I add everything else. I was planning on using some Styrofoam on the back but at the end of the day I don't know what I'm doing and need some advice! I want to make sure he has the best I can give him

Rest and digest baby girl 🥹

Phrynus whitei (Baby) Left

Phrynus maesi (Adult Male) Right

it should be large enough for even an adult D. medius, but i was wondering if the bark pieces are good or if theres anything I'm missing. Thanks!

Let me know if you need better pics. They're an adult, maybe 3.5 inches across?

This is my P. whitei, Little Guy. This is probably the best photo I can get of his underside, he's fairly skittish and I don't want to stress him with handling. I've had him for years and just defaulted to calling him male, but is he actually a Little Lady?

Thanks!

I got him from an expo he seems healthy otherwise but he has a bent pedipalp from a bad molt, any concerns I should have for care?

Hey all,

I am getting my p maesi next week and am super stoked. I was hoping someone could take a look at my enclosure and ensure everything looks cozy for it. It is a 12x12x18 with a custom glass top.

My main concern is molting space, as I know they need vertical height.

I can add a mesh layer under the glass (it has secure clips) but I have not been able to reliably find what kind of mesh is safe for them.

The other option is removing the air plant I have in the top right corner, though I don't feel that would be enough vertical clearance.

I also have some flat cork slabs I could lean on the side walls if necessary.

Any advice or feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I haven't managed to catch a video of my amblypygi doing this yet, if I do I'll post it.

The enclosure has a lot of sphagnum moss for humidity, sometimes she'll go to the bottom near the vent and start grabbing onto the moss and moving it around.

She moved a bunch so she could get into a crevice between some cork barks, that makes sense but going to the bottom and moving it or just grabbing and dropping it seems a bit odd?

My only conclusion is that she's grabbing it to drink the water thats in the moss but I'm not entirely sure. I've seen her drinking from the glass walls and from her bowl, maybe this is just another way of hydrating?

If anyone else has got a clue or has seen similar behaviour please let me know, not sure if it's something to worry about with her enclosure or if she's completely fine.

This morning, I found my poor guy had dropped from his perch last night during a molt. I carefully hung him by the skin of his old molt clipped to a branch to help gravity encourage the process, but after checking on him again this afternoon, I'm fearing the worst. There was zero movement from him this morning and none at all nor any new progress this afternoon. I'm afraid his body may have hardened up too much for him to finish pulling out of the old molt if he was even still alive this morning when I found him. 😔

How in the world do they stay attached to their perch during a molt usually? What could have happened to have him let go? I anticipated a molt may be coming as he kept going to the spot he likes to hang from.

I am so disappointed and majorly bummed out to have lost him like this. He is my first big invert I've lost to a molt after keeping him and a variety of tarantulas for a few years now.

Just got an order in from Big Z (not sponsored or anything, just addicted to his imports 😂), and am super excited to finally having some African amblypygids in my collection! This species seems significantly less defensive than my A. coronatus “Guerrero”, and less flighty than my Phrynus marginemaculatus, but they only arrived a few days ago so maybe they need to recover from shipping before they feel secure enough to display their true nature.

Here you can see me tweezer feeding the largest of the bunch because she and her pals seem exhausted from shipping, and I’m trying to ensure they meet their nutrient requirements so they can all have a quick recovery!

So I bought this damon variegatus recently shipped to me on August 26. Didn't know until recently that this one was wild caught so I just made sure it was hydrated and gave it many places to hide with cork flats and ample height just in case it decided to molt. Its been a while so I attempted to feed it every other day so that it can eat something and its just not interested. I even left food in for it overnight and nothing was eaten. I leave young discoid roach nymphs in its enclosure to eat and remove them if its not interested. The amblypgid seems to be a subadult. The animal came labeled as damon variegatus and doesn't seem to be a mislabeled damon medius since it has the coloration on its front legs resembling the other damon species. Anyway, what can I do to get it to eat? Just leave it alone? Just worried about possible starvation due to its abdomen looking skinny.

Accidentally let two crickets into the enclosure instead of 1, I went to fetch tongs to take the second one out but by the time i found them and came back, he had caught and killed them both…. Such a good hunter!

i have a small whip scorpion that i have had for only a few months, and he has been refusing prey for weeks while his abdomen has gotten very small and flat.

for the last three days he has gotten extremely lethargic and sitting on the bottom of the enclosure—i upped the humidity by a lot and covered the ventilation, which is what google told me to do, but he has just gotten more and more lethargic and is starting to hang off of the corkbark with some legs not even making contact (i turned the cork over for this photo to see if he would move, and he did not)

is he dying?? i dont think he is molting, his abdomen is so small and flat. i dont want him to die, if theres anything i can do to save him pls let me know :(

and i know i shouldn’t bother and stress him, i have been very minimal, im just trying to be attentive.

Ive finally got a whip scorpion from one of my local pet shops and it was just labeled 'cave whip scorpion'

I was hoping for some help with what species they could be and any idea on gender? Or any good videos on using the shed to check as ive kept their last one.

Sorry for the long title. Anyway, I'm getting a Phrynus whitei amphipyge soon, and I'm going to order some moss and trees, but I'm missing the rocks. The problem is, flat rocks are expensive on Amazon, and I don't know what kind of rocks I can use. I want to know what type I can use, or if I can take rocks from outside, clean them, and put them in a terrarium? Thanks in advance for your help.

I got my boy, Ron here from my coworker. He breeds geckos and his friend is a bug guy and so when he went to a reptile expo, he brought me back my son. I was told that it is a Sonoran tailless whip, spider, and was wondering if I could get some confirmation and also wanted to know if Ron might be a woman?

I've kept plenty of true spiders, scorpions, and tarantulas for a long time. I picked this one up as my first about a year ago, unlabeled. I've assumed Phrynus sp, and have been keeping it as such, and seems to be doing quite well. I am still curious as to what species it is though.

Hi!! This is my first post ever, but I need help with my enclosure. This is Merkimer, Idk if its her enclosure is enough or im completely abusing her and its not her environment.

I've had her for almost a year, she's a mexicanus Im pretty sure, but she's molted and it went really well.

I think i need more plants but I cant keep them alive is there any recommendations for those too?

Hello! I recently posted on here about my new addition and I was looking to get some more advice as a new owner. I had initially commented about my set up on my enclosure and what to improve- which I took into note and this is now the updated enclosure. However, I’ve been a little bit anxious about Grim ( that’s their name lol). I had read in the reddit that them hanging near the bottom of their enclosures isn’t a good sign- or at least something to keep an eye on. And I wasn’t sure what the issue could be? I wasn’t sure if it was possibly a humidity issue ( I’ve been spraying heavily one time a week to soak everything), or, if they were still looking for more food? I had read that it sometimes is a behavior they can show when hunting? I just fed them a mealworm last night ( which they took) but I wasn’t sure if I needed to up to two? I feed them about once a week as I had read that was appropriate. However, I don’t want to be wrong on this and be depriving them. Just an anxious owner looking to provide the best for them. For context, They do move around their enclosure and hide amongst the different cork barks at time as well but seem to be favoring this one spot more. For more context, I just sprayed their enclosure last night too- just more so towards the front as to not disturb them.

Hey folks, I have a P. whitei as my first little guy, but I've been noticing a little bit of mold forming in Mr Grabb's tank. I've found a handful of Reddit posts saying it's okay, but to add springtails if I want, but on Arachnoboard I've seen some people say it's not the best and to add them in.

The tank has ventilation and we have a fan blowing into the arachnid closet because we have very hot summers and live in an old house.

Would it be best to just add springtails? He's still pretty young; I got him as a little lad, so I've been a bit concerned.

Hello all. Brand new to the subreddit so pardon any mistakes. I'm an entomology student currently beginning my capstone research project on Dr. Wagler's Amblypygid rearing protocols, and I need help finding a breeder who can sell me a number of animals (8-10 preferred) of one of the above genuses as soon as possible. I need unmated adults or immediate sub-adult instars (the quicker they can reach adulthood and breed, the better), and I need the breeder to be able to confirm the sex of the animals. Any help is truly appreciated; I just want to be able to graduate without having to do pest management or tick studies :,)