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I just figured out a little mystery of mine and though others could learn from my (STUPID, STUPID, STUPID) mistake. I traded Mat (Chau0046) for some of his C.gracilis young. I got seven, I have one left. Two of the ones that died very obviously got stuck in their moults. The others were a bit of a mystery, though. Everything was nice and wet -- almost too wet in that the bodies looked mushified.
I had them in deli cups with wet vermiculite and pieces of bark in the same container as my H.spinifer. The setup can be seen
here. Anyhow, what I think happened was that when the temperature dropped at night, water precipiated out and drowned the scorpions. Then, it evaporated back out when the temperature went back up, leaving drowned scorpions on dry land.
Well, I guess that is one more stupid mistake I won't make in the future -- though I really wish I hadn't lost those C.gracilis.
Cheers,
Dave
I had them in deli cups with wet vermiculite and pieces of bark in the same container as my H.spinifer. The setup can be seen
here. Anyhow, what I think happened was that when the temperature dropped at night, water precipiated out and drowned the scorpions. Then, it evaporated back out when the temperature went back up, leaving drowned scorpions on dry land.
Well, I guess that is one more stupid mistake I won't make in the future -- though I really wish I hadn't lost those C.gracilis.
Cheers,
Dave