After they have sturdy exoskeletons to protect them, they scuttle off and live individual lives. These baby Asian Forest scorpions Heterometrus spinifer will grow up to be between three and a half to five inches long and they will live an average of six to ten years, making them long-lived pet companions. The babies are ready to head to new homes after approximately one month—after they have undergone several molts. If you are keeping more than one per enclosure, please ensure that each scorpion has its own hide, and plenty of food crickets, waxworms, mealworms.
Check out our selection of Asian Forest Scorpions for sale today! Skip to content Are you wondering how scorpions reproduce? A mother scorpion defending her babies. The following data are treated in a generalized way since some details vary according to each species of scorpions. The first phase of their reproductive cycle occurs between late spring and early autumn. It all starts with finding a mate. The male leaves his den searching for a mature female available, which can stay inside or outside her hiding place.
If it is the former, he prepares to dig the entrance and insist until the partner appears. A combination of pheromones and body vibrations is vital in this phase when the body of both is trembling or vibrating repeatedly. At first, the struggle between them seems very savage, and the female appears not ready to make physical contact with her new partner, but it is the male who is responsible for calming her with slight doses of venom in the pedipalps or the cephalothorax, although this does not always happen.
Sometimes only a little effort is needed without having to use such natural tranquilizers. During this part they look like coordinated dance partners that perfectly synchronize; it is fascinating! Once the male manages to find the right place to deposit his spermatophore on the ground, he then guides the female to stand on it with the aim of introducing it into her genital operculum and thus be able to fertilize.
The mating ritual lasts for hours or even days, depending on how long the male takes to deposit his spermatophore. If it takes too long and the female loses interest, the whole process is interrupted.
Sometimes after mating, the male should move quickly away if he does not want to become the next meal of his aggressive female companion. If the fertilization is successful, the fertile eggs form an embryo until finally, the scorplings arrive.
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