Ughhh why?

[Jarvis]

So I checked on my scorps this morning to do misting and daily checks and all seemed fine, all looked healthy and acounted for.
I left to do some errands and go to work, when I came home to check on them again, all seemed ok until I checked my P. Cavimanus tank. I had recently just mated my male and female, and I left the male in with the female. Since they are a communal sp. I usualy keep the male with the female until the female starts to get plump.
However when I checked on them this time, my male decided to eat his mate while I was out, I guess he wasn't ready to be a father yet. I thought that usualy the female eats the male not the other way?
Either way next time I breed him I am going to seperate them, to ensure this dosen't happen again, but now I need another mature female.

 

[Galapoheros]

I haven't talked myself into buying one of those, not yet anyway. I've heard they don't put up with each other as well as P. imperators. They don't put them together at the exotic pet store I go to, they put the imperators together but not cavimanus.