yeah. white mites.

A few guidelines on Scorpion care (I've only had experience with Heterometrus spinifer but this should work for emperor scorpions as well)

- a tank at least 4 times the length of the scorpion
- about 3 inches of soil (some enjoy burrowing)
- a hide out (flower pot, eggshell, etc.)
- a water dish (very important!) but make sure it's not too deep and your scorp and climb out of it easily so tht it won't drown. if you do use a wide dish, place a rock in the middle or side so tht the scorp can climb up it.
- decorations like rocks can be used... scorps like to hang out on it sometimes, fake plants... etc.
- keep the substrate moist. humidity should be around 75 - 80%
- make sure tht the tank has good ventilation too or mould will grow frequently in the tank.
- scorps can scale substrate and water on the wall of the tank so keep the walls of the tank clean if you have a high tank.
- their diet consist of insects(crickets) and worms (mealworms). my Heterometrus spinifer refuses to eat mealworms. only eats crickets.

tht's all I think...


some pictures:


ignore the gravel at the bottom. it's not necessary.





about 4.5 cm

heh. they look dangerous when they're big but when they're small... so cute and harmless-looking

so venomous... but so gorgeous... *drools*

from what I know, tele_mobile is selling Heterometrus Spinifer (Asian Forest Scorpion) scorplings: http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...dpost&p=5486611

Jason has some too but not sure if they're still available. his screename is chloelew

Theirs are much smaller (give or take, less than 5cm). But do take note tht scorps are very slow growers... they spend half their lives growing up so you'll have a small little bugger for quite awhile before it gets to the size of the ones sold at Pet Wonderland.

p imperator needs a humid rainforest setup.

nope. u can let a fw of the same species and similar size live together but not different species together.

nice... but from the looks of it...an intermediate scorpion. We don't have alot of scorpion species here so maybe you could look into international trade.
I'd also suggest that since you're new to this, try gaining experience with a beginner scorp such as a P imperator or Heterometrus sp.

As for the Asian Forest Scorps (Heterometrus sp.) the ones being sold are bred in captivity. They can be found locally in the wild of well, asian forests. P imperator originates from Africa.

define dangerous...

some molting pics of my 4.5cm H spinifer:

man.. I love the exoskeleton!! wish it wasn't so fragile so tht I can carry it around

haha... welcome back! scorpion thread... not much

uh... it's not for sale...

Heterometrus spinifer - Asian Forest Scorpion

please refer to this thread:

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...dpost&p=6579260

H spinifer molted

welcome to the thread!!

good to know that we have an experienced keeper in our midst to help us noobies out

wooo....... gotta love the C vittatus... :drools:

M tamulus is a real beauty too

This post has been edited by smellyocheese: May 19 2006, 12:46 PM

whoa... tht's small... very pretty though

woo.. great guideline, wal!

ite... still yet to seperate my M martensii scorplings. have alot of small containers but no cover

hmm... the substrate looks like corncob to me...

woo!!! the Lychas mucronatus popped!! now what?

taha.. the scorpion is with taggy. we'll get pics soon. but lychas mucronatus is a small species so babies look like mites