Fresh molt on my Parabuthus Capensis Bright

RMLeone

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My Parabuthus Capensis Bright is getting bigger. To think he started out so tiny. ( I dont actually know it's sex yet)

I have so many favorites like my Parabuthus Radus Bi-Color and Hottentotta Franzwerneri. What are some of your favorite species? I'd like to know what others keep and what's their favorite?

I currently have 14 different species of scorpions all of them medically significant except my Asian forest scorpion, she just acts feisty 😂 she does pinch fairly hard however.
 

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For the moment, i have no scorpions. I want to care for one one day. Its venom and behavior will be things i consider.

i definitely would not mind a scorpion that has mild to less mild venom. I have always found them to be amazing beings.

yours is beautiful.

i have my work cut out for me in terms of scorpions. I have so much research to do. So far my experience is with tarantulas and garden insects.

this is a challenge i will take on in time.

you have 14. Do they all have different behaviors, or is it like the tarantula world: pet rocks, holes etc.
 

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For the moment, i have no scorpions. I want to care for one one day. Its venom and behavior will be things i consider.

i definitely would not mind a scorpion that has mild to less mild venom. I have always found them to be amazing beings.

yours is beautiful.

i have my work cut out for me in terms of scorpions. I have so much research to do. So far my experience is with tarantulas and garden insects.

this is a challenge i will take on in time.

you have 14. Do they all have different behaviors, or is it like the tarantula world: pet rocks, holes etc.
There are definitely mild scorpions such as the emperor all the way to the Buthidae which are the most venomous. Most scorpions are fairly low maintenance and easy to care for, and I have seen different personalities with my various scorpions, but as a whole most are highly reactive and defensive. They are not something you'd want to hold but they are safe providing you exercise proper handling as far as transferring, cleaning etc. I often catch my scorpions out basking in the heat and crawling about, some hide but come out when I get their tub for feeding, they learned when it's feeding day. My scorpions mostly hide during molting but for the most part are out I'm the open. The babies tend to hide a lot too since some species can be quite tiny as babies. You will enjoy scorpions I'm sure.
 

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There are definitely mild scorpions such as the emperor all the way to the Buthidae which are the most venomous. Most scorpions are fairly low maintenance and easy to care for, and I have seen different personalities with my various scorpions, but as a whole most are highly reactive and defensive. They are not something you'd want to hold but they are safe providing you exercise proper handling as far as transferring, cleaning etc. I often catch my scorpions out basking in the heat and crawling about, some hide but come out when I get their tub for feeding, they learned when it's feeding day. My scorpions mostly hide during molting but for the most part are out I'm the open. The babies tend to hide a lot too since some species can be quite tiny as babies. You will enjoy scorpions I'm sure.
if i can figure our which species will be less venomous and still at a good size that i can actualy look at it, that will be where my first pick will go.

i have not started my research yet. I only have back draft memories of people in mid 90s circle, keeping scorpions in what is now probably considered, horrendous conditions. They were kept as wallflowers.

scorpions have a mythological meaning to my people. I will not have one until i am ready.
 

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if i can figure our which species will be less venomous and still at a good size that i can actualy look at it, that will be where my first pick will go.

i have not started my research yet. I only have back draft memories of people in mid 90s circle, keeping scorpions in what is now probably considered, horrendous conditions. They were kept as wallflowers.

scorpions have a mythological meaning to my people. I will not have one until i am ready.
Definitely do your homework from multiple sites if possible. Not every species has as much info as others. As a general rule, if they have big pedipalps ( pinchers) and tiny metasoma (tail) they are mildly venomous about a bee sting or less. There are some exceptions so you generally don't want to pick up an animal that you can't 100% identify. Gigantometrus swammerdami are the largest scorpions in the world, they get bigger than the Pandinus imperator but I am unsure of their temperament. Asian forest scorpions are another mild venom scorpion however they tend to be a bit spicy, but harmless. These larger scorpions tend to pinch more than sting however. My Asian forest is feisty and she has a pretty good pinch strength.
 

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If they do not flick setae, then there is little for me to worry about. I have no plans to handle such a creature. I simply enjoy observing them.
 

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My Parabuthus Capensis Bright is getting bigger. To think he started out so tiny. ( I dont actually know it's sex yet)

I have so many favorites like my Parabuthus Radus Bi-Color and Hottentotta Franzwerneri. What are some of your favorite species? I'd like to know what others keep and what's their favorite?

I currently have 14 different species of scorpions all of them medically significant except my Asian forest scorpion, she just acts feisty 😂 she does pinch fairly hard however.
I currently only have a female Centruroides margaritatus whom I love dearly. She is just over 4" w/tail, I also have a tiny Uropygid sling but that doesn't really count. I used to keep H arizonensis, T stigmurus, P boreus, and C stockmannorum though. I always wanted to get into AFS but I never see any for sale. I might get a bigger collection with more Buthids once I can make the space. I am collecting some P boreus again sometime in the next few weeks for breeding. Grosphus ankarana are probably my favourite species but not by much as they are all too cool.
 

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I currently only have a female Centruroides margaritatus whom I love dearly. She is just over 4" w/tail, I also have a tiny Uropygid sling but that doesn't really count. I used to keep H arizonensis, T stigmurus, P boreus, and C stockmannorum though. I always wanted to get into AFS but I never see any for sale. I might get a bigger collection with more Buthids once I can make the space. I am collecting some P boreus again sometime in the next few weeks for breeding. Grosphus ankarana are probably my favourite species but not by much as they are all too cool.
Hottentotta Franzwerneri and Parabuthus Radus Bi-Color are 2 beautiful scorpions. I don't think I can plug a friend here it's probably against the rules, but he always has a nice collection of scorpions, but they are seasonal. Yes the AFS can be tough to come by, if you don't mind a scorpion who spends a huge amount of time buried. My female is a fantastic eater and I believe just hit her last molt. I got her as a sub adult so I'm not 100% on her instar, but I often loose track of molts on my scorpions since I have so many, and definitely have plans on adding more. I have 1 gravid female so hopefully by September I will see some cute babies. I tend to like the desert and semi-tropical scorpions they are a bit easier to care for. I had a Cuban Blue Heteroctenus Junceus but unfortunately I couldn't keep it's substrate wet enough and it passed away, I definitely want to try again once I build an enclosure with an auto mister. The problem I had was when they are babies they are so tiny I put them in my spider totes as I do all babies to allow them to succeed in catching prey and to molt a few times and the spider boxes are a bit difficult to maintain that humidity and wet soil they need. I will ask my friend for advice since he breeds them. It always makes me sad when I lose a scorpion, but even more so if I find that I may have inadvertently caused it. That's why I tend to keep arid species, they are so much easier to keep.
 
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