off topic for a bit. went to petswonderland in midvalley. there were these frogs that looks like old leaf.. damn nice wei. wanted it but like i usually do research 1st. so i didnt get. but i dont think it will b fun to keep though. i think anyway...

by the way you guys know about Heterometrus scaber? tey say this is the only sp. that hiss... (makes noice when approch by predator) but i think all scorpion do it though. like mine always do when provoked...

today one of my afs scorplings molted from 2nd instar to 3rd instar
was having one last check before i left my house when i saw this
quickly took my dc for some snapsshots

also found my L.S scorpion is having dinner

hi bro ...

extract from your link :

Raising the kids

Something to take into consideration.
These animals are known for being very communal. To test this I have left 2 scorplings in the enclosure of the female. I have witnessed the female actually catching, killing and crushing prey for the scorplings. The mother with scorplings was fed once a week, giving them a big locust. The female catched the locust, took it back into the burrow and started crushing it. At that moment the scorplings came closer to take their part of the meal.

While other scorplings of the same brood were fed crickets 2 times per week and kept at similar temperature and humidity. The scorplings which were left with their mother have grown significantly faster and each instar was reached sooner then the scorplings separated from their mother. While the separated group reached instar 4, the communal ones reached instar 5 in the same period. This might indicate that keeping them communal actually helps in growing.
hmmm it seems like they try to out grow each other ... wondering if it is due to competion for food??? and to show who is the boss around ???

wat do u guys think???

For my own experience, It is true. For my emperor, when the female born all the babies out, mostly takes 1 whole day, after that i will the female cricket. As the first time, i notice that the female kill the cricket, bite a few bite and it will throw the cricket to the back of her body to let the sling eat. As you know that the sling is still soft( still white ), the skin is not yet harden up, it cannot catch the cricket own self. And untill the sling getting they second molth, mostly they will be down from the mother body. At this time, if the female mother have been feed enough, i don't think there is any chance that the mother will eat their child. On the other side, it will still kill the cricket and left over on the floor to let the sling to feed up.

For the second batch of my breeding. I separate out the sling because i failed to feed the mother that time and it start to kill the sling. While i separate out, i have to pre-kill the cricket first to feed the sling. And FYI, i raise my Africa Emperor Scorpion female and male together from they will young. I think if the food provide is enough, space to hide is enough, keeping togahter is not a problem. But i also have a case which like 1 of the forumer here, fighting over for space or female or food i also don't know, end up kill each other. 

What we can do is just understand the behavior and try to avoid all the bad. 

here we go.. just got it from Rafiqos..



heres another.. hiding on the sides...



one question... can i place it on a black sand??

Great shot ryo