After
mating, does the male risk its life
?
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For
some species, it already risks
it while trying to approach his
future partner. If its approach
is not recognized, the female will
think that it is a potential prey,
because don' forget, lot of scorpions
nourishes other scorpions in nature.
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On
average, a little more than one scorpions
out of three will not be likely to
procreate another time. We supposed
that at certain species, the sacrifice
of the male would be useful to nourish
the female, which would cause to
increase the number of young people
to be born.
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However,
to other species more sociable, the
male leaves itself there to all the
blows without any attack its partner.
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In
general, the scorpions having a great
sociability, which live together,
if they are correctly nourished,
do not devour their partner.
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How
many babies for a laying ?
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According
to the species and the age of the
female, that can vary much.
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The
maximum of a laying can go up to
100 pullus (Centruroides gracilis),
very seldom more, and the minimum
is surroundings 10, with sometimes
less for some species like Scorpiops
longimanus.
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The
inflence of the stress also exploits
the quantity. The quality of the
meals and the frequency of those
are there also for much.
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The
mortality of the young and youthful
is significant, which is compensated
by the number of young bus only most
solid and most gifted remain.
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For
a good development of the young,
it is necessary to know that heat
is essential for the realization
of the moults, in order to grow most
quickly.
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Which
is the frequency to which I must nourish
my scorpions ?
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The
average is of a catch of food per
week, obviously, the size of the
prey must be in connection with that
of the scorpion. Approximately, count
an adult locust pelegrin or two crickets
for Pandinus.
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If
you want it, add in one or two if
you must ous go away a few times.
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scorpion will occur to eat during
several weeks without problem,
however, on your return, it is
not worth while to force-feed.
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A
gravid female will have to be nourished
to a little more often enable him
to have a beautiful laying.
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Attention,
avoid nourishing an adult scorpion
too much. If it resembles more one
golf ball, let digest it during a
few months. For the youthful ones,
it is not very serious, on the contrary
that enables them to make a moult
a little more quickly.
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ATTENTION,
IF A PREY IS NOT KILL AND EAT
IN THE COURSE OF THE DAY, THE PREY
MUST BE WITHDRAW, BECAUSE A
MOULT CAN BE VERY CLOSE .
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Which
size for terrarium of my scorpion ?
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Not
too large nevertheless but
sufficient so that this one
can at least move. Some, indeed,
are kind to remain continuously
in their burrow, whereas of
other walks even the day.
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A
too large terrarium can ausi
obstruct a scorpion to capture
its prey.
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Obviously,
for a couple, to see even several
couples, one will need a terrarium
much larger, with enough of
hiding-places for all. In the
same way, if you want to put
some plants and other elements
to decorate, envisage place
for that.
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The
addition of large cork bark
is very advised, because that
increases the surface of walk
of the scorpion.
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Some
figures: count 30x20 cm for
adult Heterometrus and 80x40
cm for 5 adults. For to Euscorpius,
10x10 cm for two adults is
enough and for Pandinus, count
40x30 cm and 100x50 cm for
5 adults.
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Not
too large nevertheless but
sufficient so that this one
can at least move. Some, indeed,
are kind to remain continuously
in their burrow, whereas of
other walks even the day.
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How
to remove me from the scorpions in my house
?
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The
scorpions in France are inoffensive,
you do not risk anything. On
the contrary, as for the spiders,
they will eliminate the insects
being in your house. However,
I understand that their presence
can disturb.
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The
means more courrants to get
rid of these scorpions are
the insecticides. It's nevertheless
necessary a little more to
force on the amounts and to
avoid any contact with the
products and your domestic
animals, like you even.
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The
insecticides containing Lindane,
DDT, Chlordane or Dieldrin
are very efficacious, but
these products are very toxic
and a lot of are prohibited
in the Europe.
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For
information, kill or throwing
a scorpion, and another will
certainly come to take the
free place in few time.
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Here
a small complement on behalf
of Jacques, who is a termitologist
in his profession: "For
the destruction of the scorpions
in a house, Cypermethrine
functions very well, but with
a remaining odor. We also use
of Permas D which is useful
for the wasps, the hornets
and the ants and remains very
effective against the scorpions
with a very strong remanance
and especially without odor!
To handle with mask is gloves
because that remains neurotoxic
nevertheless!".
It as should be specified as
these products its for professionals
and thus rather not easily
findable in the trade. But
the professional "eliminators" of
termites or cockroaches, can
help you in your fight .
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How
to know if my scorpion will moult ?
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Most
of the time the specimens sold
in the stores are adult, also they
will not make more any moult on
the contrary to the tarentula
which them, make all their life
of it. A scorpion made during its
life between 5 and 8 moults according
to species, then it is ready to
reproduce. It will not grow any
more until its death. A precursory
sign that I always noticed vant
a moult, the scorpion does not
kill the prey but tests driven
out by putting blows of tail to
him, or then it kills it but does
not eat it.
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It
sometimes happens however to have
a scorpion sub-adult, or a
very young at the time of
sale, purse or during exchange.
It thus should be known that two
things are very significant so
that your scorpion moults. Firstly,
food, it must be in sufficient
quantity, because when a scorpion
is well nourished, more he will
grow quickly. Secondly, heat. It's
very often arrives that a breeder
does not manage to make grow his
young, whereas another sees the
same young species moult
in two or three months. With
40°C
some scorpions will grow more
quickly than with 20°C,
but attention, the expectation
of life decreases if one goes too
quickly between each moult. It
is often because of this lack of
heat in some breedings that
scorpions never grow. One needs
also veiler to maintain a good
humidity ambient for the species
of scorpions of the wet areas (Pandinus,
Heterometrus, Centruroides, Tityus etc...).
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scorpion have makes a success
of its moult, its color is
not more same the as front one. It
is normal because it will have "to
dry". To leave its old armour,
the scorpion became soft, so
soft that it will not be able
to catch a prey and even less
to kill it. It is for this,
that we must never keep alive
preys in period of moult .
It's necessary to await ten
days before giving again to
him to eat.
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What
can I give to my scorpions which have
just been born ?
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With
the birth the pullus are completely
unable to be nourished. It will
be necessary to wait still a little
after their first moult. Indeed,
as after a moult, the scorpion
is very soft. See the question
with the top of this one.
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It's
an obviousness, but the size of
the young scorpion determines that
of the prey. One will not nourish
with the same preys of the Euscorpius's
young and the Pandinus's young.
One can nevertheless determine
that a prey of size at least equal
to that of the scorpion can be
caught and eaten by this one. However,
to have more chance of success,
and not afraid the young
scorpion with its first prey, one
will facilitate the spot to him
by presenting a prey recently killed
to him. Most of the time, the young
people show readily vultures, that
walks very well for example to Pandinus,
but also to Heterometrus or Parabuthus.
Deposit, the evening, some crickets,
even adult, which you have just
killed, and you will note the following
day that the place was cleaned.
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The
young scorpions who remain with
their mother often eat the remainders
of the crickets of their mother.
It is very often noted that the
young people, fly straightforwardly
in the grips of their mother,
when it is not directly in the
chelicera ...
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For
the very small scorpions, to find
preys is rather painful, but there
are the drosophilas. Admittedly,
it are not very nutritive, but
they will help the young
to pass the next moults and
after they will be able to eat
mini cricket. It is to better give
the Drosophilas in a vat, or a
hermetic pot, because if there
are air vents, the flies will flee
and your scorpion will not eat !
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With
which species can one start ?
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The
species to begin are, of course,
the least dangerous. But also most
solid, those which would resist best
your "errors" or your lapses of memory.
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In
the ideal kind to start one finds,
obviously, Pandinus
imperator, but also Hadrurus
arizonensis, for those which
prefer dry terrariums. One can also
add Hadogenes troglodytes or H . bicolor, Scorpio
maurus.
For those which live in the south
of France we recommend the indigenous
species, for example Euscorpius but
also of Buthus, although
this last is advised after a few
times of practice.
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You
do not let influence by a salesman
wishing to sell a dangerous species
or rapid under pretext to you that
others never have problem with this
species. Start gently, you will be
likely more to preserve an "easy" specimen
very a long time than to do fear
with a scorpion which seeks by all
the means of fleeing and you to you
to prick and thus to be disappointed
by these animals.
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How
can I do to arrange my terrarium ?
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The ornementation of terrarium is
especially a history of liking. In
a terrarium containing only ground,
a scorpion will live without problem,
but it is true also that with one
or two stones, a small plant (real
or plastic), a beautiful cork bark at the
bottom of terrarium, it is nevertheless
prettier, more aesthetic and more pleasant
for the scorpion.
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It's
obviously necessary to take account
of the living conditions of your
boarder. A scorpion of the kind
Tityus or Centruroides likes
to climb, one would thus need a terrarium
in height with little substrate (just
what to maintain the hygroscopy sufficient)
but especially either of the branches
(vine stocks kind), or of the cork
barks. For a scorpion which digs
galleries (Scorpio maurus, Opistophthalmus, Heterometrus, Pandinus...),
one would need a good height of substrate,
so that it can make its burrow. A
small easy way so that sand or the
ground is solid. Plunge a plastic
tube (PVC sheath for plumbing or
electricity) until the bottom of
your terrarium. This tube must obviously
exceed, but will hide it to you a
stone or other. By this pipe, you
will pour water there very gently,
in order to well himidifier the bottom
of the substrate, but attention not
any walnut tree, sand must remain
compact and slightly wet.
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There
is no rules for decoration. For the
plants, you will find, for wet terrariums,
of the small ferns out of pot at
the specialized stores, but also
of very young people the ficus (rainforest
fig), of the small bamboos of interior,
young plamiers, the beaucarneas (rather
for drier terrarium), and for arid
terrariums, the succulent plants,
such as crassula, sisal plants, euphorbiums
will make the business, but avoid
the catus. For the cork plate, you
will find some in store, or with
the foot of the oaks cork, for the
stones, collect thus various forms,
sizes, colors at the time of your
walks or your holidays.
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How
to heat my terrarium ?
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The terrariums for the scorpions
can be to heat according to several
methods. However, it is necessary
to avoid certain errors which can
be fatal. First of all, it is necessary
to avoid the heating stones, ideal
for a reptile but completely out
of subject for our scorpions.
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You should
known that when a scorpion with too hot,
it will dig, it is a reflexe, also the
plates and cords heating IN terrarium
are absolutely to proscribe.
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If you want
to put a cord or a heating film, pose
it against one of the side of terrarium.
If the scorpion needs this heat it will
approach some, if not it will go in the
opposite corner.
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The simplest and the most
economic remainder the bulb lamp (ordinary)
of 40 W This one will be not used to
give light, but to heat a point of terrarium
where the scorpion will be able, like
a lizard, to come to heat itself. Couple
this lamp with a programator (simplest)
in order to heat surroundings 8 hours
per day. Ridges attention, because the
lamp must be out of attack of the scorpion.
Imagine if the lamp ignites whereas
the scorpion is above. Therefore, put the
rather high one.
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Does
a scorpion commit a suicide
into a circle of fire ?
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The answer is not. This myth of the
suicide is however tough. In fact
it is only one bad interpretation
what it really occurs. It should
be known that a scorpion die in a
few minutes when the ambient temperature
exceeds the 50°C. At this time there,
the properties of its skin, in fact its
waterightness, changes in a few moments
and the scorpion is dehydrated in very
little time. The skin on its back, while
losing its moisture will narrow, which
causes to bring back the telson to the
level of the prosoma. Some saw a puncture
there, but there is nothing. One
can simply save the scorpion while plunging
it in water a few moments. This suicide
can be also carried out with a hair dryer
besides ...
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