[ASA] Hottentotta hottentotta

DolbyR wrote:

so it was superworm.... I thought you guys want to feed stationwagon to your HH's

To my ignorance i tot it was "Sweet" or something.. like a "treat" for our scorps.. hehz
Bro tlb is innovative!

Sure I was


btw HH do really grow fast right? or has a medium growth rate


I find some saying medium and other fast. So I kinda get confused

tlb_05 wrote:

btw HH do really grow fast right? or has a medium growth rate
I find some saying medium and other fast. So I kinda get confused

I would consider them to have fast growth rate among the scorps that i have.
It might also depends on individual settings the keeper provides..

By powerfeeding and providing optimal temperature/enclosure settings, it will result in, ceteris paribus, faster growth rate to attain the next instar.

Among the few scorps i've kept, fastest growth rate still goes to Centruroides margaritatus. From birth to adulthood in abt 4 months, Hottentotta hottentotta in 5-6 months

Do you have pics of HH mums prior to giving birth?

Look at the two on the top right of the second last pic.
Those two look to be about to pop.

Great videos and pictures, I wondering if you could show a size comparison with an adult h.hottentotta ?

DolbyR wrote:

Do you have pics of HH mums prior to giving birth?

I'll take a few shots from different angles for you. Will post it soon

Joey wrote:

Great videos and pictures, I wondering if you could show a size comparison with an adult h.hottentotta ?

I should have, let me source it out..

Great vid bro! You've got a nice Hottentotta production line going on in there
I'm hoping mine will pop soon too...getting exciting, will be my first scorp brood ever.

I can sense the excitement for sure
Your specimen is at which instar now?

She's reached 7i in July and I received her in the last week of september. She has definitely got bigger since then, although she've been refusing food the last 1-2 weeks.
Will try to get an updated pic up in the evening when she comes out of her hide

I will say.. soon soon.. my friend

Btw. are yours H. hottentotta or caboverdensis? I knew they had been synonimyzed but apparently caboverdensis has been classified as separate sp. again I've been making some research the last days and I'm doing now a "small" writeup of the two sp. , will make it easier to all fellow hobbyists as they will not need to search the info somewhere else and read miles and miles of cientific papers

Mine are Hottentotta hottentotta.
Its awesome that you are doing this buddy. I'm sure many will be interested to get access to such a writeup

How to identify a heavily gravid Hottentotta hottentotta:

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is it true that female h. hottentotta doesn't need male to give a birth young scorpions?

Kasapub wrote:

is it true that female h. hottentotta doesn't need male to give a birth young scorpions?

It is true.
Hottentotta hottentotta are Parthenogenetic.
Most (e.g. 99.9%) or if not all, of the H.hottentotta circulating in the hobby are all females.

You may also find interesting this write-up about parthenogenetic Hottentotta Parthenogenetic Hottentotta spp.

Conversion to [ASA] All-Scorpion-Archives has been completed. (Refer post #1 for caresheet for details)

I'll keep this thread updated with more research statistics.

Feel free to post your queries regarding Hottentotta hottentotta here

Wow i was completely unaware some scorpions had the ability to reproduce without males...My only question is do they do it often or is it just a once in a blue moon kind of thing?Now im going to have to try to buy a couple of this species just gotta find a breeder that deals with them lol Awesome info

cody1984 wrote:

Wow i was completely unaware some scorpions had the ability to reproduce without males...My only question is do they do it often or is it just a once in a blue moon kind of thing?Now im going to have to try to buy a couple of this species just gotta find a breeder that deals with them lol Awesome info

Thanks for your comments mate.

Parthenogenetic is "in their blood". They will reproduce without having to mate once they have reach maturity

speaking of, more than 2 months has passed but my 5i HH is still not molting. she's eating a lot and behaving normally up to now that's why i'm confused. any thoughts?