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So I woke up this morning to find an unpleasant surprise in my communal Heterometrus spinnifer enclosure. One of my females was busy eating my other female (while my male hid in the back corner, natch). Lighting up the enclosure to take a pic scared her off, though, so I now have retreived the dead scorpion long enough to take pics. I may return her to the tank so the others can feed.
I must say I am a little intrigued by the whole event. There are still crickets visible in the tank, so it isn't likely to be a hunger-driven event. Tamara also noted that Madame Hortense (the canibal) was quite fat yesterday -- meaning she was either fed or I'm getting somewhere with this captive breeding endevour.
The last thing of note is that the very tip (<=2mm) of Isabella's sting was broken off. I would be very interested to know how that came about. Did MH break it off? Did she sting the glass or rock and have it break off? Very interesting, indeed.
Anyways, just thought I'd share the experience with people. If anyone has any questions about relevent factors I will try to answer them as best I can.
Cheers,
Dave
I must say I am a little intrigued by the whole event. There are still crickets visible in the tank, so it isn't likely to be a hunger-driven event. Tamara also noted that Madame Hortense (the canibal) was quite fat yesterday -- meaning she was either fed or I'm getting somewhere with this captive breeding endevour.
The last thing of note is that the very tip (<=2mm) of Isabella's sting was broken off. I would be very interested to know how that came about. Did MH break it off? Did she sting the glass or rock and have it break off? Very interesting, indeed.
Anyways, just thought I'd share the experience with people. If anyone has any questions about relevent factors I will try to answer them as best I can.
Cheers,
Dave