Hopefully this thread will end in there being babies but it's nice to start a breeding report from the conception
MATING
My first and second attempts at breeding these consisted of putting the male into the females enclosure. Which subsequently ended up in (1st attempt) the female trying the snip off the males pedipalps and (2nd attempt) the female putting up a fight and the male 'sex stinging' her, but she still remained uninterested and territorial. Although she did become a little 'drunk' afterwards... was quite funny to watch.
(for those who haven't seen scorpions mating before this 'sex stinging' consists of the male inserting his telson (stinger) through the females side membranes, no venom is injected but this is a technique used to calm the females down)
So after a little advice I created a simple honeymoon suite consisting of a foot long tank with half inch of forest bed substrate and some slate in the middle as the 'platform'. He also mentioned trying on a full moon, which sounds superstitious but actually worked along with the honeymoon suite. Dont know if it was a critical factor but I will be breeding my scorpions on a full moon (or day before/after) from now on lol!
The female was put in first, and for the first time since I have had her became dissorientated and settled down straight away. The male went in a minute of so later and after 3-4 mins he spotted the female and started a slight wagging of the metasoma, although he made no advance.
A short time later the female walked over to him and allowed herself to be gripped by the male. He didn't have to 'sex sting' her, just flicked her legs with his telson a few times.
They turned around and the male, slowly brought the female over to the slate. Not much of a waltz although there was a little backwards and forwards movement. The male was more raising his metasoma up, occasionally over the females head and wagging it from side to side.
then for a short time the wagging got more frequent and there was a juddering of the back legs, I am presuming this was when the male was setting down his spermetaphore.
The male brought the female forward a short distance, stayed there for a short time then all of a sudden, the female sprang back to life and the male legged it!
Leaving behind the spermetaphore.
I'm hoping that this was successful and will update this thread once things (hopefully) progress
spermetaphore:
[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DSJ2TzoNF9M[/youtube]
[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EneKcEd6Br8[/youtube]
[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mnA5IyZRDHM[/youtube]
MATING
My first and second attempts at breeding these consisted of putting the male into the females enclosure. Which subsequently ended up in (1st attempt) the female trying the snip off the males pedipalps and (2nd attempt) the female putting up a fight and the male 'sex stinging' her, but she still remained uninterested and territorial. Although she did become a little 'drunk' afterwards... was quite funny to watch.
(for those who haven't seen scorpions mating before this 'sex stinging' consists of the male inserting his telson (stinger) through the females side membranes, no venom is injected but this is a technique used to calm the females down)
So after a little advice I created a simple honeymoon suite consisting of a foot long tank with half inch of forest bed substrate and some slate in the middle as the 'platform'. He also mentioned trying on a full moon, which sounds superstitious but actually worked along with the honeymoon suite. Dont know if it was a critical factor but I will be breeding my scorpions on a full moon (or day before/after) from now on lol!
The female was put in first, and for the first time since I have had her became dissorientated and settled down straight away. The male went in a minute of so later and after 3-4 mins he spotted the female and started a slight wagging of the metasoma, although he made no advance.
A short time later the female walked over to him and allowed herself to be gripped by the male. He didn't have to 'sex sting' her, just flicked her legs with his telson a few times.
They turned around and the male, slowly brought the female over to the slate. Not much of a waltz although there was a little backwards and forwards movement. The male was more raising his metasoma up, occasionally over the females head and wagging it from side to side.
then for a short time the wagging got more frequent and there was a juddering of the back legs, I am presuming this was when the male was setting down his spermetaphore.
The male brought the female forward a short distance, stayed there for a short time then all of a sudden, the female sprang back to life and the male legged it!
Leaving behind the spermetaphore.
I'm hoping that this was successful and will update this thread once things (hopefully) progress
spermetaphore:
[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DSJ2TzoNF9M[/youtube]
[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EneKcEd6Br8[/youtube]
[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mnA5IyZRDHM[/youtube]
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