As already mentioned, for the species you have purchased, and presuming they will be communal, you should have a large enclosure with a large floor space.
These scorpions are not only huge when fully grown, but as mentioned, they are arboreal, meaning they like to dig burrows and chambers. That...
...always spending lots of time outside their burrows/corkbarks, even my fossorials).
Definitely a great info source.
I'd imagine that wild communals, if they happen, would be webbed tunnel networks underground or in trees. But we may just be expanding the mother/babies communal relationship...
...it here.
you recieved a lot of good advice. Daves will be similar and insightful. You can’t go wrong with his advice on this species.
the communal of M balfouris, is a result of breeding attempts. It was observed to be more successful. I have posted a link on a certain paper about this...
1. I personally know a breeder who had 3 generations in the same tank- not necessary to my knowledge to do so
2. Yes the island is arid. The trees get moisture from clouda if I recall.
However humidity in the burrow could likely be different than ground level.
I don't know I never paired T's nor am I interested in doing so anytime soon.
I tried to provide a good link to help.
Give it a little while the experienced breeders will reply to you.
...when to pull and turn the sac and what to do with it, I thought for M. Balfouri you leave it in since she will care for them and they are communal. They are also an arid species so is 70% humidity really needed for eggs?, and they don't make traditional round sacs that they can carry, but...
This. I was absolutely thinking the OP was referring to two separate animals until I read further in the thread and found english teacher explain the world to me (and others)
Edit: @APrism94, I was never replying to you, I was originally simply referring to the line of the english teachers post...
Think it's just making things confusing where there is no need for it.
Like if I was talking about a single monocentropus balfouri and referred to it as they people would assume it was a communal setup. Well at least I would
...I currently keep a small group of Chlorocala conjux which were together for months as larvae and got along fine. I love to keep and breed communal species, so which other beetle species can be kept like this? I heard most flower beetles, any rhinoceros beetles or stags at all?
For some more...
Wow so much info, thank you for answering ! I am so glad Oliver is doing well and has moulted again 😊.
They really take up that much space to breed...that is quite amazing, I just assumed with him being a crab it would be easy, who knew lol. Thank you not only for sharing but for the info too...
...am able to determine Oliver is a male by the absence of both gonopores and pleopods.
5: I have no plans for acquiring a female. They’re not communal like typical, terrestrial hermit crabs. So, I would need to set up another massive enclosure to house them separately. The only real reason to...
Yeah how wrong was I lol. 4 years since I've been on here. Contradicting myself here now though as I have a balfouri communal with over 40 in it lol and it's amazing. I will say though I think there the only real communal species, as I've had canabilism with P met and N incei. Sorry for my...
...probably use the same enclosure if it's correctly sized, thoroughly cleaned, all new substrate/ hides. Just introducing a new balf in a already "established" communal enclosure is sure to end badly, likely immediately.
either way, like stated above, it's kind of an unnecessary risk.
Just my .02
...get a ring side seat as to how capable pholcids are when it comes to combat with other species. Let the population evolve the pholcids are communal sharing guy lines of neighboring webs and mature males will often attract females to share their webs.
The general competition scenario is...
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So after I filmed the video I did put them together in her hide. At first it seems fine, but when I checked on them later. He was very determined to be in the same hide as her on the right and she really did not like that. She was trying hard...
I've had no issues keeping P. Imperator communally under a single large hide (having seperate hides supposedly can result in territory building).
As others have said there is always a risk of cannibalism, but from what I've seen its the same level of risk as an M. balfouri communal (minimal)...
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