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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Whipscorpions (Uropygi) » Thelyphonidae » Mastigoproctus » Giant Vinegaroon (Mastigoproctus giganteus)
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Vinnie the Vinegaroon - Mastigoproctus giganteus
Copyright © 2008 Andrew Meeds

Vinnie the Vinegaroon - Mastigoproctus giganteus
September 17, 2008
Size: Vinnie= a beast
This is Vinnie. Vinnie is my pet Vinegaroon. I would rather not go into the ways I acquired him or her, just in case... well... Just in case...

So far, after a couple weeks, I have found that Vinnie LOVES camel crickets, and also loves to burrow... He or she has made a huge network in the soil substrate. Totally docile and freaking awesome. I usually take the back legs off the crickets giving Vinnie an easy prey...
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Contributed by Andrew Meeds on 17 September, 2008 - 10:02pm
Last updated 6 October, 2008 - 4:22pm

Pets
A lot of people keep these as pets. If you do a quick search on google you can find plenty of "care sheets". :)
… Cody R. Hough, 24 July, 2009 - 7:42pm login or register to post comments

 
slightly late...
Poor guy died just a couple days ago after over a year of being my good friend.

RIP Vinnie.
… Andrew Meeds, 24 July, 2009 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

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