Would a spider/scorpion get bored living in a tiny empty box?

[KimiNoNaWa]

if you keep a spider/scorpion in a very tiny container with nothing in it except for occasional food during feeding, would it become bored or depressed? How about just stressed?

 

[chanda]

I don't believe that inverts are capable of getting bored or suffering from depression - that's just anthropomorphism to attribute emotions to them - but if the container is too small or does not contain adequate environmental features (like sand/dirt for burrowing species, appropriate hiding places, substrate to maintain correct moisture or humidity, sufficient ventilation, suitable anchor points for webbing, branches or cork bark for arboreal species to climb on, etc.) then the spider or scorpion will be stressed and will probably die soon - particularly if it does not have the right conditions when it comes time to molt.

 

[Nosiris]

Chanda is right that inverts don't have moods or emotions as we think of them. Also the question is a bit too wide - it really depends on the animal in question when it comes to living in a box. A large number of tarantulas, for example, quite like a cozy box as it mimics the burrow they'd have in the wild. Put them in a huge box with nowhere to hide and they'd freak.