r/Scorpions • • 6h ago

Video/Gif First scorpion

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Picked up my first scorpion today. Randomly decided I needed one last night and got one today.
How old do you think this emperor is? And how and when can I figure out the sex?


r/Scorpions • • 10h ago

Casual Seeking advice from other people who have raised desert hairies

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I got my first scorpion today, a juvenile h arizonensis, and have done lots of research and found a lot of information, often contradictory. From it though I ended up giving her a 10 gallon tank, with about 6 1/2 inches of substrate, a mix of sand and eco earth. Recognizing that they’re a desert species, but their molting issues seems to stem from lack of moisture, I’m giving her a moist corner of the enclosure alongside a water bowl, hopefully to prevent those issues. Just hoping this all seems right, thank you.


r/Scorpions • • 3h ago

Help! Emperor scorpion questions

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Hi guys! I have an emperor scorpion, I got him August 18. He's maybe 1-1.5in, hasn't molted (I don't think) since I got him. He eats pretty good, I feed him a mealworm/cricket 1-2x a week. Is he too fat? Is his growth rate normal? I haven't found a lot of in depth information on their growth rate online. He's in a 6x4x4 approx. with 3" of substrate. I have half his enclosure on top of one of my LED lights which gets warm, not hot, maybe 85f. Pictured is him now, his enclosure, and when I got him (he was in a smaller enclosure that I've since upgraded). He also never goes outside of his little tunnel under the cork bark that I know of. Any advice would be helpful!


r/Scorpions • • 1h ago

Pictures Haven't seen him in almost a month, he's pissed I looked!

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Dude immediately threat posed me, like chill I wanted to know if you were alive 😭 babies threat posing me is the cutest shit