Androctonus bicolor caught molting

hi guys,

i was doing their weekly misting when i caught one molting into 3i! i hope it's alright and just started recently. the humidity from the spray should help it out. so far four of them had no problem molting into 3i.

also pictured is #1, my biggest bicolor.

please note that the substrate is not extremely damp. it was just a quick spray. i mainly concentrate it on the edge and it makes a light mist over a larger radius.

2i->3i


3i (hardened)


pictures aren't the greatest. i'm using a galaxy s2 8mp. they are decent.

Nice congrats. Keep us posted on the next molts.

will do and thanks! it should be about a month until i see a 4i in the group

you might have saved that molting one by telling me about your loss and misting. i'm not all that worried considering i had a few molt perfectly already. just concerned as to how long its been in the molting process. it should be fine, probably just caught it in the middle.

that metal thing i use to lift up hides is a tattoo needle bar with the needles melted off. they work extremely well for checking on them and moving feeders towards the scorpion

i think he may have died... he's in the same position as when i took the photo and is unresponsive to the touch

edit: his tail moved a little when i nudged him. going to up the temps a little. hopefully he makes it...

Good luck. Molting takes a lot out of them, not your fault sometimes the conditions is right and the scorp decided to molt without having the necesarry energy to do so.,

he's still like that!!

is there anything i can do? he still seems to move a tiny bit when i nudge him. his tail and legs and still inside his old exo. i bumped up the heat and humidity thinking it would help him out but it didn't

he still in the exo? he might need some help out. Try a little olive oil and qtip

thank you!! i happen to have both of those. i will try it.

where should i place it?

and yes, he's still in the exo. i'm not totally sure if he's alive but the tail seemed to react a little, so i haven't lost hope yet!!

Just apply a few drops on the qtip and spread it where the exo is stuck. Give it an hour or so and if its still in there try to remove it yourself. I had to do this to my H.judaicus and it fine and well. As a amatter of fact olive oil has been my most helpful tool with scorpions. It got my G.ankarana out of a tape a while ago too.

okay, i did it! i noticed a very good sign when i just looked at him, he wiggled when i picked the container up!

olive oil is on him and now i wait. i'm pretty confident that he will make it

you're a lifesaver man!

Good luck Brandon. Don't call me a life saver yet.

he died

Sorry dude.

it's all good.

on the bright side i found another perfect bicolor molt. very thankful for that!!

Jesus, im not home right now but i should probably give them a good misting if i want mine to survive!

definitely do!