A table of water loss rates (with temperatures) for several species and alittle more info.

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Two different studies conducted in 1970 measured the rate of water loss of scorpion species kept at 75F-78F:

Pandinus imperator 23.3%
Pandinus imperator (freshly molted) 41.3%
Hadrurus arizonensis 2.9%

A 1927 study found Heterometrus longimanus fka Palmnaeus longimanus requires drinking water due to "high transpiration rates".

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