Emperor scorpion with white mold-like spot

[bugboyandy]

Hey everyone, I have an Emporer scorpion with a sudden unusal white marking, like a scar or smooth fungus, on it's back. It is housed with several other smaller emperors. Temps are at 76 degrees at highest and humidity at 77%. I'm new with scorpions and I tried searching for answers but came empty handed. Any know what this white marking is? It doesn't seem too interested in food and it's not very active.



Thanks in advance!

 

[darkness975]

Hey everyone, I have an Emporer scorpion with a sudden unusal white marking, like a scar or smooth fungus, on it's back. It is housed with several other smaller emperors. Temps are at 76 degrees at highest and humidity at 77%. I'm new with scorpions and I tried searching for answers but came empty handed. Any know what this white marking is? It doesn't seem too interested in food and it's not very active.
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Thanks in advance!

Looks like excrement.

Also , the substrate looks too dry.

 

[bugboyandy]

Update: The scorpion has died. The fungus-like stuff is almost embedded into his body.

PS substrate has been dampended yesterday when this was posted

 

[TROCKMONEYK]

Hi everyone, I have sort of a similar issue. My emperor scorpions mouthpatts look very messed up with multiple white stringy parts within the mouth. I can't tell if this is part of the meat of the scorpion or something else. They're almost worm like. Also, it appears that the top is a bit exposed with the red part sticking out
I tried to take a few pictures but they're not very good

 

[TROCKMONEYK]

Here's another pic that shows the mouth

 

[the league of shadows]

Here's another pic that shows the mouth

Its hard to say as I really cant see all that well in the pics.anyway to possibly to take a better pic?

 

[TROCKMONEYK]

Sorry about the late response here are some more pics

 

[Jonathan Aguilar]

Sorry about the late response here are some more pics

Is it wild caught?

 

[bugboyandy]

Is it wild caught?

No they're captive bred

 

[Jonathan Aguilar]

Have you ever fed it wild caught insects?

 

[bugboyandy]

Have you ever fed it wild caught insects?

No just the typical feeder crickets and lobster roaches. The others in the enclosure appear fine

 

[dragonfire1577]

Sorry about the late response here are some more pics

The yellow/white bristles look like the regular hairs found around the mouth and you are only seeing them because the mouthparts are popping out forward for some reason, almost like in pre molt, but the scorp obviously isn't gonna molt.