That's fantastic Jess! Excellent picture, well done!!!!!!!!!!

great discovery jess.

out of intrest could the other scorp died after mating???? does this happen in the wild i have no idea thats why i ask

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WOW, congratulations!! Amazing pic too!! How long before they colour and look like their parents? Seems to be a theme at your house, first male spider gets eaten after breeding, then male scorpion dies after breeding? Bet your man is staying well away lmao

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Aww thanks hun


Thanks Rob. Nope the males don't die after mating, and to the best of my knowledge have the same lifespan as females. The one housed with her that died this year was actually a female.

However I originally only had two. One of which was practically dead on arrival, and another that was not far off. I informed the supplier and they sent two replacements. So one male and the two female replacements were housed together, but the one that was stressed from shipping seperate. Needless to say the one housed seperate died by the time my replacements came. The other original one, picked up, then died a few weeks later (which I totally expected and is usual with WC's). So he must have got round to the breeding when he had picked up. I really was gutted that one of the two 'good' replacements died this year, and was actually going to sell my lone female as I thought it was unfair on her. Pretty bloody glad I didn't


Aww thanks hun It's sopposed to be a week to ten days before they come of the mums back, then they molt and start looking for food, which is around the time they get the blackish colour. These guys are taking agesss. I've lost one (a weak one I suspect) that fell off the mums back. I tried to put him back on but he just rolled off. Im going to put some clingfilm on the lid today to help increase the humidity, hopefully that will get them molting.

Haha he would if he knew what was good for him j/k. Scorps are totally different to tarantulas in that they don't suddenly molt into a 'mature male' and then only have a limited time left to live. It is a real shame I lost the others, but it's down to being wild caught, stress of shipping, and I guess just not taking to captivity well. So I guess the scorp i have left was the strongest out of the batch, to deal with the shipping, captivity, and even gestation and giving birth in captivity. Which really is for the best I guess, because hopefully I now have some good strong CB babies that I can grow on, breed and get good strong captive animals for the hobby. I'm not gonna speak too soon tho, as I still have to raise them and get the mum healthy and see how she is. I didn't feed her as much as I should feed a gravid scorp, because I didn't know and didn't want her getting obese. poor thing



Will keep everyone updated

These guys have just finished having their first molt. All now L2'S

Fantastic result and I hope they all reach maturity.....

How they getting on my dear Jess?

Lost ten of them lex but the rest are about ready to go