H. arizonensis mating
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nice pics, steffen.
from what i remember, early instars suffer bad molts because no one knows the conditions (i.e. humidity, etc.) in the tunnels where they grow to maturity.
there's a thread here somewhere where a guy is experimenting with a 6 or 8 foot deep tank with this species. you could try searching for it to see how far he went with his experiment.
from what i remember, early instars suffer bad molts because no one knows the conditions (i.e. humidity, etc.) in the tunnels where they grow to maturity.
there's a thread here somewhere where a guy is experimenting with a 6 or 8 foot deep tank with this species. you could try searching for it to see how far he went with his experiment.
I found the thread. Great reading.
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=51791&highlight=calling+arizonensis+keepers
I currently have 1 normal male and 3 normal females and 1 pallidus male. If I succed in raising some scorplings from this first female, I might consider getting into a bigger project. I simply love this species. I keep them in two 128 litres aquariums. The pallidus male is of course seperated in a smaller tank, and I'm gonna need a female for him. Sadly, Hadrurus is not as common in Denmark as in the US. Actually most of the time, availability of species, seems the exact opposite of that in the US. Three of the scorpions I got directly from the US and two of the females I just aquired last weekend on a reptile fair, from a dutch (or was it german?) guy.
I must admit I'm a bit exited. I love a good challenge.
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=51791&highlight=calling+arizonensis+keepers
I currently have 1 normal male and 3 normal females and 1 pallidus male. If I succed in raising some scorplings from this first female, I might consider getting into a bigger project. I simply love this species. I keep them in two 128 litres aquariums. The pallidus male is of course seperated in a smaller tank, and I'm gonna need a female for him. Sadly, Hadrurus is not as common in Denmark as in the US. Actually most of the time, availability of species, seems the exact opposite of that in the US. Three of the scorpions I got directly from the US and two of the females I just aquired last weekend on a reptile fair, from a dutch (or was it german?
) guy.I must admit I'm a bit exited. I love a good challenge.
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I am also conducting my experiment with my H.arizonensis. I have seen my arizonensis mate all most every other day but i have not seen the sperm case on their second time to mate and so on. maybe its just their hobby to mate most of the time.
Steffen,
If your female were gravid, you'd see an entirely different range of behaviors.
Gravid females of H. arizonensis have little problem expressing to courting males that someone "beat daddy to the prize"!
Most courting males that encounter gravid females will instantly become defensive and quickly attack the female and then run like hell!
I have a paper on the courtship and mating behaviors of this species. If you're interested shoot me an "e" at:
barkscorpions@yahoo.com
And I'll send you the .pdf
Best of luck with the mating.
Luc
If your female were gravid, you'd see an entirely different range of behaviors.
Gravid females of H. arizonensis have little problem expressing to courting males that someone "beat daddy to the prize"!
Most courting males that encounter gravid females will instantly become defensive and quickly attack the female and then run like hell!
I have a paper on the courtship and mating behaviors of this species. If you're interested shoot me an "e" at:
barkscorpions@yahoo.com
And I'll send you the .pdf
Best of luck with the mating.
Luc
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Great pictures, I have always wanted to see this species mating. What sort of behaviours did you see...sexual sting etc.?
Good luck with them Steffan. I'll be looking forward to driving over the bridge once/if/when you've succeeded...
Btw, I also observed them 3 days in a row doing the same dance. It was during that last little bit of heat we had, after the main heat of the summer.
I was reading a thread a couple of weeks ago where some guy had successfully reared his arizonensis scorplings to L3/L4 by the end of the thread. I found it by typing H.arizonensis in the search option above.
A. arizonensis also seems to be quite a favourite of a lot of folks here.......Good luck again Steffan..
Btw, I also observed them 3 days in a row doing the same dance. It was during that last little bit of heat we had, after the main heat of the summer.
I was reading a thread a couple of weeks ago where some guy had successfully reared his arizonensis scorplings to L3/L4 by the end of the thread. I found it by typing H.arizonensis in the search option above.
A. arizonensis also seems to be quite a favourite of a lot of folks here.......Good luck again Steffan..
2 of ours just stopped mating today...they were going (or sitting there together sleeping or somethin') for 2-3 days!
The female in this pair was eating like crazy for the last few weeks too. All of the crickets we put in were quickly disappearing somewhere, but she was always in a burrow and the other two didn't seem to eat too often, so we weren't sure exactly where they'd all gone until we saw how much she'd blown up!
I guess maybe they like to fatten up and then mate right before it gets colder...?
Kazz perhaps you right.
2-3 days you say... humm, mine are still going on day 2 now. In the paper i recieved from Luc, it was mentioned that the courtship could last about 8 hours and sometimes longer....but 2-3 days... Think I better read that paper again.
2-3 days you say... humm, mine are still going on day 2 now. In the paper i recieved from Luc, it was mentioned that the courtship could last about 8 hours and sometimes longer....but 2-3 days...
Think I better read that paper again.