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PostSubject: is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ?   is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ? Empty7/5/2012, 8:15 pm

on saturday its suppposed to be 100 degrees, i was wondering maybe i shouldnt mist the tank that day?? becuasae it might make it hotter.... i dont have an air conditoner and the tank is in the coolest part of the house... i only have a fan...also i was wondering how scorpions survive in the desert where its over 100 degrees???
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PostSubject: Re: is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ?   is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ? Empty7/5/2012, 8:31 pm

i checked the weather forcast for Senegal and Congo, Africa where emperors come from and its between 75-85 degrees, and arizona is 100-106 degrees.... its supposed to be 101 degrees where i live on saturday, is that too hott for my scorpions ???????
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PostSubject: Re: is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ?   is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ? Empty7/5/2012, 10:00 pm

scorpion are like 400 million years old - YOU KNOW>OLDER THAN RELIGION>CHILLIN WITH THA DINOSOURS>NOTHING UNUSUAL
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PostSubject: Re: is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ?   is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ? Empty7/5/2012, 10:56 pm

Well, with hermit crabs, most people say to keep their temperatures in the 80s, but they LOVE it when it spikes up into the 90s-100. It may be the same with scorps. Than again, it may not. Just to be safe, I would try to keep the temp down. To do that, you may want to turn up the AC a bit in the house, and if you don't have AC, than you could get a fan. They don't cost all that much, and they are even cheaper if yuo can get one at a thrift store or something of the like.
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PostSubject: Re: is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ?   is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ? Empty7/5/2012, 11:26 pm

okay thanks, yeah i was worried about them in hot weather, wanted to hear what people had to say about it, i guess they survive in the desert but mines not a desert species- rainforest.... the fans always on dont have an AC...i dont know how scorpion act if they get overheated i never had it happen before but its going to be really hot in 2 days. i guess i wont mist the tank that day it will probably make it hotter with the humidity..puting in a false bottom soon Smile
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PostSubject: Re: is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ?   is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ? Empty7/6/2012, 2:12 am

From my understanding if a scorpion is to hot it will run around it's cage spazzing out and stinging it's self
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PostSubject: Re: is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ?   is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ? Empty7/6/2012, 3:25 am

is it going to be 101 inside your house where you keep your scorps? I doubt you will have these temps in your house but in any case, your friends should be fine. It reached 104 here in the piece of Georgia the other day and has been hella hot and all my inverts have been ok. The room they are all kept in in not AC'ed and ambient room temp in there has been over 90
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PostSubject: Re: is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ?   is the hot weather going to kill my scorpions ? Empty7/6/2012, 2:41 pm

Misting your enclosure will not raise the temperature. If anything, you should probably be misting more during hot weather. Better yet, forgo the misting and pour the water directly onto your substrate. As long as your substrate is moist, your Emperor should do fine with an ambient temperature in the 90s.

In the wild, scorpions escape the heat of the day by staying their burrows. P. imperator burrows can reach a depth of several feet. Some desert species, such as H. arizonensis, burrow even deeper. Deeper the burrow, lower the temperature. Someone (I don't recall who) recently posted a video of a team collecting Emperor scorpions in Togo. It will give you a good idea of the Emperors' natural habitat as well as the temperatures in their burrows. Here's the video link (turn on English subtitles).

Edit: The video was posted by snippy on arachnoboards.
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cool video i watched it , thanks Smile
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