What's with all the babies!!

[Kathy]

I swear almost every scorpion I seem to be catching lately is gravid. So hear is my question - do Centruroides sculpturatus (LOOK Tabor, I used the scientific name....) have a breeding season or is it year round? I guess I'm wondering if this is going to continue or may stop soon.....I thought in Arizona scorpion season was mainly August-October. I don't know where I read that though.

 

[~Abyss~]

They mate whenever they feel like it. Although if it's to cold they might not mate so I guess winter is really the off season.

 

[Endagr8]

SEND ME SOME!

Please?

lol

 

[Jorpion]

I swear almost every scorpion I seem to be catching lately is gravid. So hear is my question - do Centruroides sculpturatus (LOOK Tabor, I used the scientific name....) have a breeding season or is it year round? I guess I'm wondering if this is going to continue or may stop soon.....I thought in Arizona scorpion season was mainly August-October. I don't know where I read that though.

While mine are obviously "in the wild", I have 11 gravid females from just one of my colonies! Every night after the lights go out it seems like they're all having sex... uh, I mean dirty dancing. KID YOU NOT!

 

[Aztek]

And if you never joined this site you would have been killing moms alsong with the little babies.

 

[DireWolf0384]

I feel like I am the only one who has not had a brood yet. I hope my Vittatus hurry up!

 

[Warren Bautista]

Your not the only one, I have a gravid C. vit that is gonna pop soon, and Nomadinexile is sending me a few scorps, hopefully ready to mate or already gravid.

 

[reverendsterlin]

lol, I got like 60 2-3rd instars and still have probably 20 gravid females. Sure am glad I was able to trade off about 60 gravid females

 

[Kathy]

And if you never joined this site you would have been killing moms alsong with the little babies.

I know! I'm glad I found this site. I truly do not like killing anything. I'm glad I haven't found any black widows in awhile, I wouldn't know what to do with them.

 

[Kathy]

I feel like I am the only one who has not had a brood yet. I hope my Vittatus hurry up!

Were any of the ones I sent you female? I can't remember.

 

[KyuZo]

I feel like I am the only one who has not had a brood yet. I hope my Vittatus hurry up!

don't worry, you're not the only one. my female is suppose to be gravid and i am waiting for her to pop, hopefully soon.

 

[codykrr]

I know! I'm glad I found this site. I truly do not like killing anything. I'm glad I haven't found any black widows in awhile, I wouldn't know what to do with them.

haha...kathy, there is a "true spiders section" too just simple catch them and sell them. or give them to widowman! im sure he is always own for some widows!

 

[SNAFU]

don't worry, you're not the only one. my female is suppose to be gravid and i am waiting for her to pop, hopefully soon.

Well you guys are still having better luck than me! I have 8 C.sculpturatus, a mix of males & females that have been together since Nov. '08 with no gravid girls yet!
Maybe I need to up the temp, light a few candles, put on some Barry White...?..

 

[DireWolf0384]

Well you guys are still having better luck than me! I have 8 C.sculpturatus, a mix of males & females that have been together since Nov. '08 with no gravid girls yet!
Maybe I need to up the temp, light a few candles, put on some Barry White...?..

Thats discouraging! I have two males and multiple femals and still no babies yet! They look either fat or gravid, but no brood yet! :wall:

 

[DireWolf0384]

Were any of the ones I sent you female? I can't remember.

They were all female. I have a few male C. Vittatus in there. Maybe I'll get some hybrids!

 

[Kathy]

Direwolf, that is why I kept wanting to send you the mom and babies that I had, remember! I should have just sent them to you anyway, you would have taken good care of them. The person I sent them too I never heard from again. I hope they are okay.

 

[DireWolf0384]

Direwolf, that is why I kept wanting to send you the mom and babies that I had, remember! I should have just sent them to you anyway, you would have taken good care of them. The person I sent them too I never heard from again. I hope they are okay.

Yeah, I'm regretting that now. It would have been so cool to have it. There would have been males and females.

 

[Widowman10]

haha...kathy, there is a "true spiders section" too just simple catch them and sell them. or give them to widowman! im sure he is always own for some widows!

haha, codykrr, i actually started to reply to this thread about kathy catching widows when i saw your response

kathy- they are amazing animals. you really should try setting one up in a jar. watching it build its web and catching prey is truly captivating. def my favorite, imagine that

 

[Aztek]

haha, codykrr, i actually started to reply to this thread about kathy catching widows when i saw your response

kathy- they are amazing animals. you really should try setting one up in a jar. watching it build its web and catching prey is truly captivating. def my favorite, imagine that

Please don't bring T's or Spiders into the SCORPION section.
They're already like 10 times more popular as it is.

 

[Kathy]

Hmmm....Widowman - don't EVEN think it about the black widows. Don't worry, Aztec. I'm with ya on the scorpions.....there will be no spider/t discussions here...