Help with Euscorpius breeding

PhrynusDeletus

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Hello people!
I have recently caught a breeding stock of nine euscorpius species(probably erymanthius). They are all doing well, but I can't seem to get them to breed. I have 3 of those scorpions in a communal(1 male, 1 female, 1 juvie) and they are generally doing well, although probably not breeding. The other male I have living alone can't manage to make any females to accept him(the rejection is not aggressive, just the females trying to push the male away). I have both let them breed overnight and watched them so nothing really has worked for me. I also feed them a quite big meal before trying to breed them. So does anyone have a tip to breed them? Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
 

Veno Manus

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What's the temperatures and humidity? These always play a big part in scorpions diet, reproduction and overall care. Also is the setup adequate enough to create the right environment that they would be found in? Provide some pictures on the sizes of them, enclosure details and the weather of the environment. ✌
 

Joey Spijkers

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How long have you had them together? Patience may be the main factor here.
 

Veno Manus

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Just know if you want to breed them also keep in mind if they don't have a secure spot to plant the spermatophore from the male then there's never gonna be a good chance. Leave a flat rock in there and see what happens. Like a decent size flat peice that they can dance on. If you see the spermatophore planted on the rock then you have a for sure sign they have mated. It looks like a small stick sticking straight up on a solid surface. There is a chance they don't have a solid surface to mate on and plant down so the female can accept it.
 

Joey Spijkers

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Cork bark works too, so pretty much any type of hide would already give them a sufficient surface. Not likely that this is the problem, especially for a small species like this.
 

PhrynusDeletus

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Hello everyone!
Sorry I took too long to respond!
In gonna send over some photos of the scorpions' enclosures. Keep in mind that all the scorps are around 2 cm.
First off there is the lone male's enclosure (diameter 8.5 cm)
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Next we have a small female's enclosure (diameter 11cm)
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Then another female's enclosure (17 cm X 10 cm)
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There's a third female's enclosure (22.5 cm X 14 cm)
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And finally the 3 scorpion communal of 1 juvie, 1 male, 1 female(22.5 cm X 15 cm)
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I keep the substrate fairly dump with some ventilation and whenever I move the male to a female's enclosure I also move the flat Rock from the male's container. They all eat fine and seem perfectly healthy. The temperature is 23 oC but I'm sure they can endure colder because the forest I got them from drops way bellow that. So what am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance!
 
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