OK, so I caught a northern scorpion in eastern Washington, and I still need some guidance. I was sure it had eaten a meal moth I put in with it last week.
Now I'm wondering. The meal moth seemed 'empty' when i removed it, but I didn't see any actual feeding. Last night I put a tiny earwig (about 1/2 the scorpion's size) in with the scorpion. The scorpion was sitting on top of the irregularly-shaped rock I put in for it to hide under. The earwig was wandering all over the jar trying to find a way out. Then it bumped into the scorpion and the scorpion freaked out and did the same thing: frantically wandered around and attempted to climb the glass wall of the jar. every time they met the scorpion freaked. it didn't for a second seem to percieve the earwig to be a food source. I removed the earwig because if not giving the scorpion a hide was stressful to it, this earwig must've just about put it into cardiac arrest.
Also, my scorpion is so small, about this long [-------------] with its tail curled up. not sure what kind of 'bowl' i could use to give it water. can i just put a wet chunk of paper towel in with it?
I must say that watching it run around in the blacklight was a trip.
Now I'm wondering. The meal moth seemed 'empty' when i removed it, but I didn't see any actual feeding. Last night I put a tiny earwig (about 1/2 the scorpion's size) in with the scorpion. The scorpion was sitting on top of the irregularly-shaped rock I put in for it to hide under. The earwig was wandering all over the jar trying to find a way out. Then it bumped into the scorpion and the scorpion freaked out and did the same thing: frantically wandered around and attempted to climb the glass wall of the jar. every time they met the scorpion freaked. it didn't for a second seem to percieve the earwig to be a food source. I removed the earwig because if not giving the scorpion a hide was stressful to it, this earwig must've just about put it into cardiac arrest.
Also, my scorpion is so small, about this long [-------------] with its tail curled up. not sure what kind of 'bowl' i could use to give it water. can i just put a wet chunk of paper towel in with it?
I must say that watching it run around in the blacklight was a trip.