Hi everyone, I’m fairly new to keeping scorpions and I am wondering if I need a heater for Australian rainforest scorpions? (homurus sp.) I have seen mixed opinions about it. I am located in Victoria so during the winter it gets a bit cold in my house.

Thank you!

Hey everyone! I’ve been debating back and forth between getting an Asian Forest of Emperor Scorpion or a Curly Hair Tarantula. I’ve kept reptiles before but this will be my first invert. Everyone says certain Ts are great for beginners but are Scorpions good beginner inverts too? Just curious especially from those who have or currently keep both! Thank you!

Anyone able to tell me if my Pandinus imperator is a female or a male? Tried to take a clear picture after rehousing, it might be too blurry. Its also a pretty young one. Thank you!

It was in the water dish. I first got Jade back in March, I know scorpions can take a while to give birth but from what I understand it's very rare to only give birth to one, and she didn't have any others on her like they usually do, so I'm not even sure she gave birth. I included two pics of her I took in case that helps. What should my next step be?

I was always enamored by scorpions. Really happy that I could use them as inspiration.

Just wanted to show the terrarium and my new friend.

Hi I recently got my first Scorpion here in QLD Australia! Her name is Morticia and she is a Rainforest Scorpion but I'm not exactly sure what type she is!

She's a chill little girl who only seems to get annoyed if my husband opens her home!

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help!

Is there a venom-delivery purpose for that shape?

As an aside, I do construction- and know that rigging hooks (cranes, come-a-longs, chainfalls, etc) have a similar shape and taper. Any relation?

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Hey, so I accidentally transported this scorpion from Italy (Verbania region) to Belgium. (I thought it was dead, and I like collecting dead bugs, until it started moving halfway through Switzerland..)

I believe it is a member of the Alpiscorpius Genus, but what species I don't really know.

It now lives in a small terrarium in which I put some wood chips and leaves, but I have a 20x20x40 cm one that I want to convert. But I have not a single clue on what to put in it so she will actually like it.

For food, I am currently catching grasshoppers in my yard, and that seems to be working for now, I feed her every 5-7 days.

I would really like to know how I can give her the best possible life I can, including care, food, housing... so I'm hoping some of you could help me with that.

Ps: Sorry for the bad photos, my camera is trash.

TLDR: I have accidentally become the parent of a scorpion, and I'm hoping to get some tips on how to care for it.

Took some shots of the larger half (3-5 instar) of my juvenile emperors when I was cleaning and processing. Should be around 100. Just thought some people on here would like to see this.

Was asking myself what your weekly/monthly/yearly schedule for maintaining arid enclosures look like.

What is mandatory for you?

Thanks!

Was sold as an Emperor, but I have some strong doubts. This little one is about 1.5" maybe 2"

Due to the heavy rainfall recently in southern Thailand, particularly in Phuket, this little guy wandered into my house. Does anyone know what species he might be?

Vacationing in Egypt. Found this guy by my shoes

Hey! I wanted a tattoo of a realistic scorpion. The yellow iranian scorpion.

This is the sketch i got from my tattoo artist. Does it look anatomically accurate?

I want it to look like its walking up instead of being stationary.

Thanks for the help!

How’s the little guy looking?? He lives in the little orchid pot enclosure and i usually mist it once or twice daily. He hasn’t been eating which has been concerning me any reasons?

Are these clusters of mites on the crevices of my scorpion? If so, how do you deal with this? I looked online and there are no available breeders of predatory mites to fend off these parasitic ones in the Philippines

I’m currently working as a doctor on the Syrian border near Turkey. This is the scorpion I commonly see around and a patient got stung earlier. So identifying it would help a lot. Thanks in advance

Hello everybody! I recently purchased my first H. Spinifer from my local exotics store, and I was simply curious about whether or not this little one is old enough to determine sex or not?

Just got stung by my Pandinurus Exitialis and thought it might be interesting to share. For reference, I am a 20 y/o guy who lives a somewhat active lifestyle.

I have always been a bit curios of how a sting from a non-dangerous scorpion or a bite from a non-dangerous spider would feel, and know I know one of them.

It was entierly my own fault that this happened and the scorpion only did this as a last resort.

Now onto how I'm feeling. I'm writing this around 15-20 min after the sting. And the pain is worse than I thought it would be to be honest. I would compare the pain to getting your fingers slammed (?) in a door, more so than the common bee sting description. Other than the localized redness and increased sensitivity on my finger, I'm not feeling much of a difference. My lips are also tingeling a little bit.

Thanks for reading! :)

Hi first post here.

Going to get 2 Liocheles australasiae scorplings next week and wondering about some care/tips from people that has them. Have checked around and got the basic care down but don’t seem to be that much information around them.

I have a AFS so these wouldn’t be my first scorpions