I have good news with bad news

As some of you will know we had a pair of c.celebensis that we hoped to mate....well these have been living together for a while now without really being checked on other than a quick spray and cricket chucked in.....

well last night we got the tank down and to our surprise found both adults to be eaten with only 3 claws remaining....however on closer inspection there are a loads of tiny babies running around everywhere...how cool...but sad....dont really know what happened ....................

Who was eating them?? The crickets?

Hmn.. Strange but the "Good news" portion seems to overwrite the bad
Did a count on the babies yet?
& we demand some cute babies pics.. Lolz

The babies are soooo small like mm I rekin about 3mm and due to lack of macro lense I'm not sure I can lol not sure about who ate who lol

PICTURES!! haha


that stinks and is pretty neat though.

Sucks..but good you got some little ones to remind you bout 'em.

DolbyR wrote:

Sucks..but good you got some little ones to remind you bout 'em.

True!

Sry Bex i forgot how tiny they are! Ha
Good pics are worth the wait no prob

I had a similar experience with a gravid L. australasiae some years ago...Mother no where to be seen and a rake of young taking her place..At the time i put it down to that she had died of old age and had simply decomposed (a small dead animal doesn't last long in a warm humid environment) although in my case there was absolutely no remains of the mother at all...it was if she had escaped (even though that was an impossibility)...
Incidently, the Chela would also be the last to disappear (as in your case) in such a scenario considering their more massive construction in regards to the rest of a scorpions body.

Have you had a good look at the substrate with a magnifying glass..there could potentially be a wealth of microbes and other fauna there that would make short work of a dead scorpion.....and what about the occasional crickets you threw in....were they still there or had they disappeared the same as your adult scorps?

Aww Bex, that's sad and happy at the same time for sure.

You don't think the babies did them in do you?

Nah they are way too small will try to get some pics but they are about 3 mm lol India find a cricket in there but weir that the crix went for adults n not the young if it was them

due to demand i have finally managed to get pics of these wee little guys ...appolgies for poor quality but these guys are truely tiny and i do not have a macro lense for our canon 550d

well heres goes the lil fellas... seem to be prefering moist areas so have been doing misting in random areas...the majority seem to be congragating in the unused water dish lol

Holy Cow!!!!!! Surprised you can even find them LOL

Those are small! And I thought my 2i M. caucasicus were tiny.

hahah aren't they cute...really hope they survive mad how some are up against the galss (last few pics) just wriggled down between the substrate and the glass for some reason lol

There are really small !! lolz
I've raise scorplings of 3mm size before, sometimes, you are just not sure if they are there(in the deli-cups).. haha

But once they grow and mature as adults.. you'll get a sense of satisfaction that none can replace. Congrats again.. sooooOOooo cute! haha

Meantime, you can use a magnifying glass to view their true beauty