Amblypygi and Horn Worms/Wax Worms?

[that1ocelot]

A local pet store had a mystery species Tailless Whip Scorpion, which I picked up yesterday. She seems very much miscared for (super duper small abdomen and was in a dry enclosure) and I want to ensure her food is easy to hunt and easy for me to see if it's gone. Instead of crickets, will hornworms or waxworms do? Has anyone ever had an Amblypygi take advantage of these as prey items?

 

[wizentrop]

Both should work. I would try with waxworms first as they have less force to resist.

 

[that1ocelot]

Perfect, thanks! What do you think about Silkworms? In the same vein? I just found out hornworms are banned in my province as of fairly recently.

 

[wizentrop]

I'd still go with waxworms, unless you can get small silkworms

 

[aphono]

With dehydrated specimens, the first concern should be hydration. Saturate the substrate- not moist! Wet. Mist everything except the whipspider super hard. Great if you can get it "foggy" in there or the glass gets saturation on them. Keep those conditions for a week or two at the very least. Often that's all the trick needed to get them eating well again.

Also it's common for dehydrated specimens to either refuse or seem slow to take prey- my concern is perhaps feeding before hydration might backfire in some way. IME crickets are the most reliable for triggering a hunting response. so those are my go-to for stressed specimens. There's variable responses between individuals & broadly by species to 'less commonly' offered prey. Some will snatch up anything, anytime. Some will take wax or horn worms only occasionally(and most were taken as first meal post molt then pretty much reject further offers. Yet they will immediately set on a cricket- this is why the earlier comment). Some so far have refused them no matter what.

Another popular one are mature male red runner roaches. All of them will take these at any stage or sex but for some reason, the mature males seem to drive them wild.