white-ish/pale color Emperor scorpion and his stinger is all white.

[seckardt]

About a week ago i got my first Emperor scorpion from a friend that is moving away and he cant take care of it anymore. when i got it the first thing that i noted is that his color was not as i expected, it is pale and not bright at all and his stinger is full white. any idea what is it? ive been googling for hours and i cant find anything.

 

[AzJohn]

It sound's like an immature Emp that may have recently molted.

 

[MarkmD]

I agree sounds like a recent molt, cause thay go from a pale white to dark exo after a molt.

 

[seckardt]

It sound's like an immature Emp that may have recently molted.

so i should care just like a tarantula? keep food away till it hardens 100%? sorry im new to scorpions

 

[ShredderEmp]

so i should care just like a tarantula? keep food away till it hardens 100%? sorry im new to scorpions

Wait until the normal color comes back, and keep humidity super high, like 90% high. Wait ten days at max.

 

[MarkmD]

Temperature or super high humidity doesn't need to be super high, normal 75-79F is fine, that gives your scorp time to harden. now most scorps hide till thay are well/hardened enough to come out so within a week, leave a fresh dead pray outside its hide, trust me 80% of the time they will come out to eat and not waste energy killing pray, then shortly after your scorp will be seen at night.

 

[ShredderEmp]

I've noticed that the higher I kept the humidity in my Centruroides gracilis' enclosure, the quicker they have hardened.

For example, this last time both my 5th instars molted, they each hardened in around 6 days. I was going to be away for a few days, so I drenched the enclosure for fear of dehydration. I had my brother mist again 3 days later. I come home to find them with normal colors. The enclosure was soaking of course, so I had to dry it out. Point is, they hardened in record times. No clue why, however.

 

[MarkmD]

I've noticed that the higher I kept the humidity in my Centruroides gracilis' enclosure, the quicker they have hardened.

For example, this last time both my 5th instars molted, they each hardened in around 6 days. I was going to be away for a few days, so I drenched the enclosure for fear of dehydration. I had my brother mist again 3 days later. I come home to find them with normal colors. The enclosure was soaking of course, so I had to dry it out. Point is, they hardened in record times. No clue why, however.

Dont get me wrong, I completely agree with you, I was mearly stating that normal temps of 75-79F is sufficient enough for Scorps to harden then feed shortly after, I do agree that higher temps do make for hardend scorps to sometimes eat earlier than predicted, my point was that room temperature makes natural causes and times for both scorps/T's to feed without to much influence to its enclosure surroundings, being honest you can just by pass my post but was making a point with temperature difference.

 

[2nscorpx]

I've noticed that the higher I kept the humidity in my Centruroides gracilis' enclosure, the quicker they have hardened.

...I come home to find them with normal colors. The enclosure was soaking of course, so I had to dry it out. Point is, they hardened in record times. No clue why, however.

It's probably the same rate of development as would be noticed when you raise the temperature, such as in an ICU. The warm, almost hot temperatures and high humidity just encourage growth. That's probably why you need to have high (er) humidity when they are ready to molt - to facilitate growth.

 

[ShredderEmp]

MarkmD: Temperature was the same since about 4th instar. It never was mentioned in my original statement, unless it came off that way.

2nscorpx: I see what you mean. That makes sense.

 

[Formerphobe]

As others have said, white telson indicates juvenile. Pale or chocolate color indicates recent molt. It probably won't accept food for another week or so.

 

[seckardt]

Thanks guys for all the imput

 

[Formerphobe]

Here's an excellent site:
http://www.pandinusimperator.nl/EN/story_EN.htm