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    What is the most beautiful scorpion?

    Did he just bump up the saturation on this scorp? <EDIT>
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    I caught a new scorp near Seattle, questions as usual

    I caught in the eastern Cascade foothills near Cle Elum. However, it is very scarcely known that western Washington harbors an extremely rare and very large species whose name i cannot remember. The color (brown) and size of this scorp, especially now that it has stuffed itself full of crickets...
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    I caught a new scorp near Seattle, questions as usual

    No, didn't keep the HT, felt guilty enough imprisoning an invert (even crickets!). Wouldn't know where to start anyway. what is an example of a more beginner scorp?
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    I caught a new scorp near Seattle, questions as usual

    Thanks for the speedy input! Here are the best pics my iphone can take. It's actually a very good camera except for close-ups dangit. BTW: I also "caught" a pseudoscorpion sneaking around my tent on the same camping trip! (Horned toad too!) I'm thinking about releasing my other northern scorp...
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    I caught a new scorp near Seattle, questions as usual

    I recently caught a much larger scorpion near Seattle. It is definitely the same species (northern scorpion), but significantly darker & shinier and far more aggressive / far less bashful. It never hesitates to eat any cricket i drop in, even under bright lights right after being disturbed. It...
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    Are my scorps in danger?

    Seeing them thaw one out explained a lot to me; the spot where I caught these gets very hot in the summer but plunges below zero for extended periods every winter. Thanks for settling that. I was kinda hoping someone would correct me that it would be ok to introduce them. :( Sure would look...
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    Are my scorps in danger?

    Thanks for the reassurance, guys! I was told that it's irresponsible to ever release inverts into the wild because doing so can somehow contaminate wild populations. Another consideration is that these scorps might not be prepared for winter after spending a four months in captivity. These...
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    Are my scorps in danger?

    I have two scorps, one half an inch, the other 2 inches. I caught both near Seattle. They both devoured crickets last summer but haven't eaten anything since. I figured it was just that it got colder in my room, so I brought them to a warmer part of the house, where they also refuse to eat...
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    am I abusing my scorps?

    Good point, I've been meaning to do that. I've just been waiting until I can afford a nice camera. I'll try to remember the next time a friend is over with a camera to get some good close-ups. As far as IDing them from web shots, I can find images of both mordax and P. boreus that look like my...
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    am I abusing my scorps?

    What an awesome response. Thank you! :clap:
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    am I abusing my scorps?

    I caught two scorpions last summer near Seattle. A tiny one and a much bigger one. I keep them in seperate terrariums, though I'd like to put them together. Can I? All of a sudden it's much colder here, including the room I keep them in. I found them in the dry eastern cascade foothills, where...
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    Help me ID new scorp that is WAY bigger than my Northern Scorpion

    Good call! My bigger scorp just ate four(!) crickets in 24 hours (how it fit them in I have no idea), and sure enough its sides no longer flouresce! The remaining questions for me now are: What else should I give my scorps to round out their diets, and: Can I put them together? I REALLY don't...
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    Help me ID new scorp that is WAY bigger than my Northern Scorpion

    What specific parts should I compare? I can't tell the difference! By the way, how big a deal is water (IE do they get enough moisture from the crickets they eat?), and must it be distilled? Thanks!
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    Help me ID new scorp that is WAY bigger than my Northern Scorpion

    Wow, awesome post Dave! Oi! :clap:
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    Help me ID new scorp that is WAY bigger than my Northern Scorpion

    So I went back out to go camping in the eastern foothills of the central washington cascades and thought I'd pick up some substrate for the tiny, neat little scorpion I caught there earlier this year. Sure enough, I caught a WAY bigger one that flouresces all over (while my tiny northern...
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    Proper hunting lights? Techniques?

    mine DEFINITELY flouresces under BL. However, you gotta have it pretty close to the scorp.
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    paruroctonus boreus TERRIFIED by its food

    At least not until this morning! I woke up to see him almost done eating (not just sucking on like a spider) the cricket! Yay! I bought a bag of 12. Is there any way I could just breed crickets from this bag by putting them in a terrarium of their own? Or do they purposely give only males so...
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    paruroctonus boreus TERRIFIED by its food

    These are awesome posts, guys! Yay! Thanks so much! Between my last post and now I went to petco and bought a bag of "small" crickets that are nevertheless bigger than my scorpion. I don't want to start an argument but I felt bad doing this as I only feel OK about killing animals I feel I...
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    paruroctonus boreus TERRIFIED by its food

    OK, so I caught a northern scorpion in eastern Washington, and I still need some guidance. I was sure it had eaten a meal moth I put in with it last week. Now I'm wondering. The meal moth seemed 'empty' when i removed it, but I didn't see any actual feeding. Last night I put a tiny earwig...
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    Need tips caring for Northern Scorpion (paruroctonus boreus)

    Well, it ate the meal moth just fine.
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