Oldest Scorpion

[MorbidArachnid]

I've seen a lot of sites saying some scorpions, mainly Emps, H trogs, and sometimes even Hadrurus, can live up to 25 years in captivity. I'm wondering what's the oldest scorpion we can confirm right now. How long have you guys had scorpions in your care?

 

[Tarantula1996]

I dont think emps live near that long, maybe max 10 years in my experience but that’s it. I don’t know about the others.People over inflate lifespans all the time just like size too.

 

[Dry Desert]

I've seen a lot of sites saying some scorpions, mainly Emps, H trogs, and sometimes even Hadrurus, can live up to 25 years in captivity. I'm wondering what's the oldest scorpion we can confirm right now. How long have you guys had scorpions in your care?

Contact @darkness975 , I believe she has some 20 year old H.ariz.

 

[darkness975]

I've seen a lot of sites saying some scorpions, mainly Emps, H trogs, and sometimes even Hadrurus, can live up to 25 years in captivity. I'm wondering what's the oldest scorpion we can confirm right now. How long have you guys had scorpions in your care?

Emps don't live that long.

My oldest H. arizonensis is a little over 20.

I have a couple others that are approaching that as well.

 

[MorbidArachnid]

Emps don't live that long.

My oldest H. arizonensis is a little over 20.

I have a couple others that are approaching that as well.

I actually searched through arachnoboards looking for reports of the oldest scorpions people had, did you get a different one from the one that was 15 in 2023? How did you verify the age?

 

[darkness975]

I actually searched through arachnoboards looking for reports of the oldest scorpions people had, did you get a different one from the one that was 15 in 2023? How did you verify the age?

Got her from someone who got her WC and had her for about 12 years. So figure she was 2 or something when caught. Then I've had her for about 8 years.

I did lose one of my others two years ago. She was around the 15 year mark based on my assumptions.

None of this is scientifically verified if that's what you're looking for. But at least I sort of have a semblance of time still! LoL.

Something I would be curious about is how the conditions they are kept in affects their age. I don't use supplemental heating for mine. In winter they live in 68 - 71ish F. Summer is warmer. We know that temperature affects their metabolism.

I've had some Latrodectus females for over 3 years now.

 

[MorbidArachnid]

Got her from someone who got her WC and had her for about 12 years. So figure she was 2 or something when caught. Then I've had her for about 8 years.

I did lose one of my others two years ago. She was around the 15 year mark based on my assumptions.

None of this is scientifically verified if that's what you're looking for. But at least I sort of have a semblance of time still! LoL.

Something I would be curious about is how the conditions they are kept in affects their age. I don't use supplemental heating for mine. In winter they live in 68 - 71ish F. Summer is warmer. We know that temperature affects their metabolism.

I've had some Latrodectus females for over 3 years now.

Yea for sure, I think we were both on that post about someone having their Hadrurus take 6 years to molt kept without supplemental heat. Still kinda susses me out tbh but it's not provably detrimental and it does in real terms increase their lifespans by slowing down their metabolism. Also tbf I've been avoiding keeping Hadrurus because of the molting issue and them seeming to not do very well in captivity, but from some deep dives into Arachnoboards it seems offering extra water really is key. Honestly maybe even more so than providing a borrowable substrate, as both the post I just mentioned and that really old post about Hadrurus communals had them molt in half a solo cup.

How to lessen the odds of a desert hairy Scorpion dying of molt?

I'm thinking of buying a desert hairy scorpion, but I read that the majority of the scorpions die in molts. Can some one direct me to a thread or give me an answer?

arachnoboards.com

This one.

Hadrurus arizonensis molt

Haven’t posted here in a while, so figured I’d start with something that happened July 1st of last year. My ancient, geriatric H. Arizonensis, that I had had for about 6 years(7 now), molted! It had been refusing food and behaving very oddly for about a full year and a half, and the whole time I...

arachnoboards.com

^the recent one

H. arizonensis successful molt!

In September I bought a juvenile female H. arizonensis. Reading about their difficulties molting in captivity made me anxious. She burrowed down into the excavator clay/ sand substrate mix and has been hiding in her burrow for about 2 months. There's a tiny little window up against the glass...

arachnoboards.com

^has clay/sand burrow set up but also waters their scorpion a lot



^^ another anecdote from discord.
This is now a different topic but it's something I've been thinking about also, along with scorpion ages and Emperor scorpion sizes lmao.

 

[darkness975]

Yea for sure, I think we were both on that post about someone having their Hadrurus take 6 years to molt kept without supplemental heat. Still kinda susses me out tbh but it's not provably detrimental and it does in real terms increase their lifespans by slowing down their metabolism. Also tbf I've been avoiding keeping Hadrurus because of the molting issue and them seeming to not do very well in captivity, but from some deep dives into Arachnoboards it seems offering extra water really is key. Honestly maybe even more so than providing a borrowable substrate, as both the post I just mentioned and that really old post about Hadrurus communals had them molt in half a solo cup.

How to lessen the odds of a desert hairy Scorpion dying of molt?

I'm thinking of buying a desert hairy scorpion, but I read that the majority of the scorpions die in molts. Can some one direct me to a thread or give me an answer?

arachnoboards.com

This one.

Hadrurus arizonensis molt

Haven’t posted here in a while, so figured I’d start with something that happened July 1st of last year. My ancient, geriatric H. Arizonensis, that I had had for about 6 years(7 now), molted! It had been refusing food and behaving very oddly for about a full year and a half, and the whole time I...

arachnoboards.com

^the recent one

H. arizonensis successful molt!

In September I bought a juvenile female H. arizonensis. Reading about their difficulties molting in captivity made me anxious. She burrowed down into the excavator clay/ sand substrate mix and has been hiding in her burrow for about 2 months. There's a tiny little window up against the glass...

arachnoboards.com

^has clay/sand burrow set up but also waters their scorpion a lot
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^^ another anecdote from discord.
This is now a different topic but it's something I've been thinking about also, along with scorpion ages and Emperor scorpion sizes lmao.

I remember the thread with the guy that kept like two dozen of them in a box with yogurt cup hides, sand, and gravel. He had tons of molts. He kept the yogurt cup hides moist if I recall.

Also, I give mine 2.5 pz souffle cup water dishes like I use for my tarantulas and some others.

How to lessen the odds of a desert hairy Scorpion dying of molt?

I'm thinking of buying a desert hairy scorpion, but I read that the majority of the scorpions die in molts. Can some one direct me to a thread or give me an answer?

arachnoboards.com