jfilyau Centruroides
Number of posts : 125 Age : 31 Registration date : 2011-07-25
| Subject: question about molting 9/2/2011, 7:40 pm | |
| how often do scorpions molt because i got a second one not long ago and was wandering when it was going to molt into an adult its about a third the size of my adult one | |
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takos Hadogenes
Number of posts : 57 Age : 29 Location : Greece Registration date : 2011-04-17
| Subject: Re: question about molting 9/3/2011, 4:22 am | |
| depents from the species!buthids grow up faster than the others so they molt more often than others...food and temperature is another reason for scorp to grow faster...can you tell us the name of the scorpion and i think we can tell you | |
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jfilyau Centruroides
Number of posts : 125 Age : 31 Registration date : 2011-07-25
| Subject: Re: question about molting 9/3/2011, 12:29 pm | |
| well i posted in the emperor zone so i assumed people would think it was an emperor scorpion.... | |
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shebeen Tityus
Number of posts : 507 Age : 64 Location : Mountain View, Calif. Registration date : 2011-05-15
| Subject: Re: question about molting 9/3/2011, 8:14 pm | |
| Pictures would help. Typically, juvenile P. imperators have white telsons. As they age, the telson darkens until they reach adulthood at which point it turns a dark red or brown. If your scorp has a cream colored telson, and based on its size, I would guess it has a few more molts to go before adulthood. How long these molts will take, I don't know. My juvenile imp molted about 6 weeks ago and has stayed pretty much hidden since then. | |
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jfilyau Centruroides
Number of posts : 125 Age : 31 Registration date : 2011-07-25
| Subject: Re: question about molting 9/4/2011, 4:58 pm | |
| i know how to tell when they are an adult and when they are juvenile its telson is still very light and all i wanted to know is how often they molt is all... like the time period in between each molt and how many times they molt | |
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jfilyau Centruroides
Number of posts : 125 Age : 31 Registration date : 2011-07-25
| Subject: Re: question about molting 9/4/2011, 5:17 pm | |
| im assuming its going to molt soon considering it hardly glows under a black light now? should i separate it from the bigger scorpion or will it be fine leaving them together? and if i need to separate them how do i get them to come out of there hole under the hide | |
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