Ghost Desert Scorpion (Brachostosternus scioscia)

i was wondering if anyone has these, what info is there about them,

It's a Chilean species so I would presume keep as you would other Chilean species: fairly cool, dry substrate, offer water/lightly mist sporadically, and hope you're doing things right.

However, my first step would be to find out the area in Chile this species is found and research the habitat, climate etc. Many of these small South American species can be tricky to keep alive in captivity for any length of time as often very little is known about their requirements.

Nothing much i know a few collectors a few years back that had some. These are from Chile. They like dry and warm (cooler temps than other species)not much else has really been documented.

i decided to go for this scorpion seen as there is not much known about them, i found out were in chile they come from so i have a 5 day forcast on my phone now, i have my tank set up perfect to the real weather so hopefully tomorrow when it arrives ill get some pics up

keep us updated with pics!

Good luck and lets see some pics!

as soon as its here ill get some nice pics up of it.

nice

just had confirmation, it will arrive on tuesday, cant wait lol

Here she is as promised, my new Ghost Scorpion, named Casper lol, pics are zoomed a bit, she is only tiny, about 1cm or so







and this is her new home, like a palace lol

this was before i put the different sand in



And as it is now, Finished



Im well happy with it, since no one know much about these, ill keep a diary and post it here

Wow, such a nice looking scorp and setup!!

Did you get it from the Spidershop as seen it advertised there

Whats the heating light you are using?

yeah i got it from The Spider Shop, just arrived today, the lights i use is a dimmable 25w low energy bulb for during the day, and a 60 LED red bulb for night time, i also have a little notebook fan drawing heat & humidity out of the tank from the top, i have the region were they are from on the weather app on my phone so i can check its all good, im about 2-3 degrees out on the temp, but thats nothing when they live in one of the dryest deserts in the world, Atacama Desert, Chile.

Thanks for the info. you have really done your homework on this one

Good luck and keep posting pics of its progress

smashing scorp! it would probably look better with black or red sand under it but what do i know haha! very well-done setup, i have to say. i love the cryptanthus plant at the side, looks like an accent piece to me

How do you find it?

ShredderEmp wrote:

How do you find it?

You mean the Scorpion? i got it from The Spider Shop

Quick update:

Since putting her in the tank she soon went into hiding, that was until i started dimming the lights to mimic sunset, then the red LED light was turned on, within 10mins she was active, chased down 2 of the biggest of size 4 brown crickets, tagged them and dragged them back into her hole & ate 1 of them, 10 mins later she came back out and tagged a smaller cricket & ate it on the spot, (fast food lol), she has now gone back to her hole and brought the second biggest cricket out and is now sat there at the entrance of here hole munching away on it lmao, excellent little active scorp, couldnt believe how quick after dark she was out to hunt, all on the first night to.

Very cool John! The pics are great. New scorps and enclosures are fun!

John Howe wrote:

ShredderEmp wrote:

How do you find it?

You mean the Scorpion? i got it from The Spider Shop

I meant if it's 1cm., how do you see it?

Only its body is about 1cm or so, may be a little bigger, but its quite easy to see once its hunting, it stayed out all night last night and as soon as the lights started to get bright she hid back in her hole lol, its a lot more interesting so far than the Asian Forest Scorpions i had

That is one nice looking mansion for the little guy! You will find desert scorps are a bit more active than forest scorpions and their night time hunting is a great time wasting activity.