Cutest/coolest things your scorps did

[nocturnalpulsem]

Let's make this a fun and intesting thread. If you have many, share them all.

As for myself and mine...

-Today I saw my S. mesaensis kill a crick, throw it over it's shoulder, and crawl up to the tip top of the driftwood in his tank as if to claim his territory and frighten off invaders. How cute =D

-Saw my female emp kill a crick and hand it over to the male

-Not very special, but I can't help but giggle when I see a scorp digging. Kicking with 4 legs...


I know you guys have some good stories about your critters, so post them here! I'm bored...;P

N.

 

[XOskeletonRED]

Every time I feed one of my H. troglodytes a pinky, she'll hold it very gently in her pedipalp and carefully swaps pedipalps with it, until she finally decides that it's not going to quit squeeking and she stings it until it shuts up. *lol*

I also love the sight of thirty-some-odd DS babies running around with their tails wagging and attacking spiders that are two and three times their size. Not to mention, when they attempt to attack an adult cricket and it sends them soaring through the air (under a blacklight is the best way, cause all you see is the little [less than half an inch] green glowing scorp start to fly), the cricket being dead before landing, or at least, immobilized.

Then, there's always the B. occitanus who freezes against the glass of the enclosure waiting for food, then, when something does arrive, he falls over on his back attempting to get it.




adios,
edw. =D

 

[nocturnalpulsem]

Good ones, XO. I had an A. avicularia that would tackle and roll with cricks, and would often end up eating on its back LoL

N.

 

[Mr. X]

When i introduced my A. bicolor to his new home, i took him by the metasoma with forceps and when i let it go (about 2'' from the substrate) he stung the forceps in midair. Then, after hitting the ground, he strated to attack the walls, the wood and even the air. He was launching his telson everywhere to kill whatever it was. I think he was really upset...that was funny to watch.

Also, my Hottentotta trilineatus (R.I.P.) was killing his prey with a lot of quick strikes. Up to 4 or 5 strikes in a blink of an eye. He was using his telson like a real machine gun.

That's about it

X

 

[SpiderFood]

I had a breeding pair of emps that were amusing. The female would pick the male up and pack him around the tank. Kinda wierd dontya think?

later

dale

 

[nocturnalpulsem]

Originally posted by SpiderFood
I had a breeding pair of emps that were amusing. The female would pick the male up and pack him around the tank. Kinda wierd dontya think?

later

dale

N.

 

[ZùWìÉ]

i have 7 emps in a 20 gal wide. I've named a few of them, either by something i thought was a good name for a scorp, or by their distinct personality. So far out of 7 scorps, i have a Melvin, Moses, Chaos and Cartman. Melvin is the largest and moses is the smallest. Chaos is the stray of the group and the territorial one. He's the one the other's "contract" out for hunting and guarding. Ballzy little guy. Then we have Cartman, the fat (possibly gravid) one. The rest stay burrowed too much to see enough to develop a name and recognize them from the rest.

Now 6 of these emps stay in one end of the tank. the loaner, chaos, stays at the opposite end. He is quick to come out when anyone gets in his area and will literally hold his ground when another one tries to come in the burrow.
The funny thing is.. when i placed a pinkie mouse in.. the largest scorp would come out and do the little
"shaking" thing and the other scorps will stand at attention ready to strike. then chaos will come out, walk to the other scorpions shake back at them and scout their area for any intruders, then go back to his area and scout his 2 hides. Its crazy. its like they call him down to look around before they come out themselves.

 

[nocturnalpulsem]

Perhaps you should video this, and share it with us. Sounds pretty interesting.

N.

 

[ZùWìÉ]

i wish i had my cam last night. i dropped the wharf rat(see other thread) in and chaos confronted him in some really incredible fighting stances. the pics would have been great. ill try again tonight and see how they react. i have the ability to take 15 sec mpg's with my digital, so hopefully i can get some decent scorp action in.

 

[Immortal_sin]

having only a total of 2 scorpians, it's hard to think of anything...
however, today I saw my Hadogenes sp scorpling catch and eat a small cricket. It was the coolest thing. He/she caught it in one pincer, then kept transferring it to the other one. Finally, it pinched the cricket's head off, and started eating it!
Now after finishing the cricket, it's very active, and almost RUNNING around the container, and shaking it's telson...very strange...

 

[nocturnalpulsem]

Originally posted by Immortal_sin
having only a total of 2 scorpians, it's hard to think of anything...
however, today I saw my Hadogenes sp scorpling catch and eat a small cricket. It was the coolest thing. He/she caught it in one pincer, then kept transferring it to the other one. Finally, it pinched the cricket's head off, and started eating it!
Now after finishing the cricket, it's very active, and almost RUNNING around the container, and shaking it's telson...very strange...

You know, the flat rock I just got today seems to like pinching the heads off its food. I wonder if that's a trait amongst them?

N.

 

[Mechanical-Mind]

I too have seen my Hadogenes tear off heads, as well as eat them from abdomen to throat; but, i'm yet to see them crush and consume cricket heads. with that said, i wasn't going to post in this thread simply because i hardly see scorps as being cute. more on the "cool" side, but further than that i rarely recognize them as arthropods//invertebrates. they strike me as something all their own that i won't even make an attempt at putting into words.

as for my story: My largest Hadogenes has a steep pile of flattened stones layered and staggered almost to the top of it's respective tank. it goes to the center of the pile (middle from a bird's-eye-view and middle in altitude.) The rock it ambushes from is on top of another stone that slopes into the substrate//backside of the tank. so by the end of the week it has a nice collection of cricket "skulls" laying in the base of it's hide(s).

anyway, that's my story. sorry for any confusion in text. flat rocks. flat stones, bleh.

-matt

 

[nocturnalpulsem]

Originally posted by Mechanical-Mind
...by the end of the week it has a nice collection of cricket "skulls" laying in the base of it's hide(s).

Now, that is sweet!

N.

 

[conipto]

By far the coolest thing I've seen yet:

In my communal enclosure, I have second instar C. exilicauda that I'm trying to let natural selection thin out a bit (I wound up with about 30 ) So, I have them in with the adults, aside from the 10 or so I've decided to raise up in separate enclosures. Now, some might think it's a little cruel, but the reality is, they are too small to attempt to sell or ship, and I just have too many of them.. At any rate, I feed the adults communally, usually by dropping in ten or twelve crickets into the cage at once. Within about 2 minutes, there is a feeding frenzy going on, and it's quite entertaining to watch. I try to slightly overfeed them so that there is enough left for some of the babies to scavenge when the adults are done killing.

One night, I saw two things that just made me laugh, or grin in amazement.. you decide. The first, was one of these 2nd instar babies attempting to play tug of war with an adult C. exilicauda. It grabbed a leg and kept pulling, and DID manage to rip off a drumstick of a cricket, and get itself a good meal.

The second, was one of these babies trying to tackle a perhaps 3/4 inch cricket. It grabbed the cricket by the antenna... and didn't let go. It kept stinging the crickets face, but it seemed to only piss off the cricket. The thing jumped, and went ballistic.. but that little bastard would NOT let go. It took falls of about 8 inches, and still hung on and kept stinging. Then, the crickets antenna gets ripped off, and the scorpion drops it, and goes back to grab a leg this time. Same routine, jumping cricket, flying scorpion. It ended up with a good sized cricket leg, and the fireball of a cricket limped over in front of an adult and made the second cricket in that adults grasp. It's amazing just how bad-ass some of these animals are.

Incidentally, for anyone pondering keeping scorpions like this.. that same night I watched a cricket eating one of the babies but again, this was all within acceptable loss limits.

Bill

 

[skinheaddave]

I've seen a 3rd instar C.exilicauda drag a full sized cricket carcass a few inches. Quite impressive, really.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[nocturnalpulsem]

I can't help but ask...

Where the hell do you guys get the money for all those scorps??? Every scorp I've ever seen for sale have been for $20 or more (aside from emps, which I have seen for as low as $12). I mean 30+ of just one species? Yikes...

That's part of the reason I didn't start a community of V. spinigerus...at $20 a pop, it started to loose its lustre.

N.

 

[skinheaddave]

Nick,

It is all about contacts. I still buy the occasional bug retail but mostly I just trade, hunt out good deals and buy several species at once for a bulk discount. That being said, I still spend a LOT on animals. I don't really have any other hobbies. I don't drink. Hell, Tamara and I rarely even see movies or anything. It is very much where we sink all our disposable income.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[chau0046]

When my 2nd and 3rd instar C. gracilis` were being fed in their mini deli cups, They would grab on to a cricket the same size as themselves .The cricket would instantly jump out of panic and send the little scorp flying with it . They useualy landed a a good sting in the whole process. I first noticed it when i heard the little popping noise of the crickets in the deli cups.

Strong little buggers!
Mat

 

[nocturnalpulsem]

Originally posted by skinheaddave
Nick,

It is all about contacts. I still buy the occasional bug retail but mostly I just trade, hunt out good deals and buy several species at once for a bulk discount. That being said, I still spend a LOT on animals. I don't really have any other hobbies. I don't drink. Hell, Tamara and I rarely even see movies or anything. It is very much where we sink all our disposable income.

Cheers,
Dave

I trade a lot, also, but as far as disposable income goes, I'm a musician, so I really don't have any

N.

 

[nocturnalpulsem]

OMG!!!

I just saw my spadix doing the limbo under a piece of grapevine in the tank LoL 3 times!!! =D =D =D

N.