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Before I go into greater detail I do want to add that I have 2 different scorpion species living in here one being V. confusus and the other C. sculpturatus. With that being said I know some people here might have a problem with that and that's fine but I ask if you do have a problem with it to simply not post/reply because it's done, they are all living together, and that's not really going to change unless there is an emergency which in that case I DO have separate enclosures ready...
My mini desert "ecosystem" has 2 striped tailed devil scorpions (V. confusus 1male/1female), 4 Arizona bark scorpions (C. sculpturatus 2male/2female), and 2 black feigning death or tenab beetles. All species and individuals are about 1" body length or a little under. I've had this idea for awhile and finally decide to put it together after obtaining a few species that live within the same area naturally and because I was tired of looking at an empty enclosure. The enclosure itself is a 10 gallon (10"Dx12"Hx20"L) aquarium with a plastic divider running the length to help push potential borrowing to the visible sides because it was originally intended for a single H. arizonensis but has since obviously been modified. The substrate is about 85% sand and 15% clay I added some cocofiber to the low right side of enclosure to hold ground moisture to help promote the tenab beetles to lay eggs and larva. I tried to give each species there own "area" obviously I gave the C. sculpturatus places to climb in one section and in another the V. confusus places to hide under. I've had this set-up doing for about a week with close observation, there have been no signs of aggression between species I've even seen them walk right past each other a few times with no problems, although they do their own thing the vast majority of the time.
My mini desert "ecosystem" has 2 striped tailed devil scorpions (V. confusus 1male/1female), 4 Arizona bark scorpions (C. sculpturatus 2male/2female), and 2 black feigning death or tenab beetles. All species and individuals are about 1" body length or a little under. I've had this idea for awhile and finally decide to put it together after obtaining a few species that live within the same area naturally and because I was tired of looking at an empty enclosure. The enclosure itself is a 10 gallon (10"Dx12"Hx20"L) aquarium with a plastic divider running the length to help push potential borrowing to the visible sides because it was originally intended for a single H. arizonensis but has since obviously been modified. The substrate is about 85% sand and 15% clay I added some cocofiber to the low right side of enclosure to hold ground moisture to help promote the tenab beetles to lay eggs and larva. I tried to give each species there own "area" obviously I gave the C. sculpturatus places to climb in one section and in another the V. confusus places to hide under. I've had this set-up doing for about a week with close observation, there have been no signs of aggression between species I've even seen them walk right past each other a few times with no problems, although they do their own thing the vast majority of the time.