Centruroides mating question

[John Bokma]

Does anyone know how the motion the male makes before the mating is called? My C. flavopictus males seem to do this, they walk a little, and then make a kind of shaking rapid movement with their body (length wise). I am sure it's part of the mating behavior, just wondering if it has a name (I call it body shock :-D).

edit: In the following movie you can see the male C. gracilis do it just a little in the very beginning (4-5 secs into the movie): http://youtube.com/watch?v=nd3IHiSjJQw

 

[Ryan C.]

Hi John,

I believe its commonly called juddering. Used for communication, and maybe some other things I can't remember right now.


Cheers,
Ryan

 

[xVOWx]

My male C.limbatus was doing it quite a bit when I introduced him to my female last week. Unfortunately every time he tried to grab her she would decide she wasn't having any of it .

 

[Brian S]

My male C.limbatus was doing it quite a bit when I introduced him to my female last week. Unfortunately every time he tried to grab her she would decide she wasn't having any of it .

That is often a sign that she could have already been inseminated.

 

[John Bokma]

I had the same last night (ha ha) when I introduced a male C. flavopictus to a female. He started to judder like crazy. She pushed him away, friendly, drank water, and when he came again, she pushed him again away with her tail. So I hope she's already pregnant.

I filmed the juddering and pushing part, now I have to check out how to use YouTube

 

[froeps]

don't you have an other female where you can try to breed with?
you can try this:
put them after a week back together after you feed them well and let them for a week of 2 together they will breed if she isn't allready gravid
I did the same thing with my c. arctimanus

btw very nice centruroides species you have hope you can breed them and if you sell some put me on the list :}

 

[kahoy]

Does anyone know how the motion the male makes before the mating is called? My C. flavopictus males seem to do this, they walk a little, and then make a kind of shaking rapid movement with their body (length wise). I am sure it's part of the mating behavior, just wondering if it has a name (I call it body shock :-D).

edit: In the following movie you can see the male C. gracilis do it just a little in the very beginning (4-5 secs into the movie): http://youtube.com/watch?v=nd3IHiSjJQw

Scorpfanatic's video LOL!!!



I once kept my male C.gracilis together, and they love to have some fun every other night... unfortunately, they didnt last long, so i bought some from walton...