VictorHernandez Hadogenes
Number of posts : 91 Age : 28 Location : Eugene, OR Registration date : 2012-11-30
| Subject: How do scorpions recognize members of their own species? 12/28/2012, 7:12 pm | |
| I have a communal tank of Centruroides vittatus. They walk over each other, bump into each other, and rest all huddled together. They do not attach each other. If I where to place another scorpion of another species, say some sort of Bark Scorpion (ex: Centruroides spp., Babycurus jacksoni) of similar size into the tank, would they not try and attack each other? What if equal amount of each species together (ex: 5:5, 10:10) How would each species recognize other scorpion species? Do their pectines pick up the other scorpion's chemicals and automatically assume the scorpion is a threat and attack? I have been pondering this for a while now.
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Scorpion19981000 Administrator
Number of posts : 1895 Age : 26 Location : Cortland, New York Registration date : 2011-07-03
| Subject: Re: How do scorpions recognize members of their own species? 12/29/2012, 1:30 am | |
| - VictorHernandez wrote:
- Do their pectines pick up the other scorpion's chemicals and automatically assume the scorpion is a threat and attack?
There's your answer. | |
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VictorHernandez Hadogenes
Number of posts : 91 Age : 28 Location : Eugene, OR Registration date : 2012-11-30
| Subject: Re: How do scorpions recognize members of their own species? 12/29/2012, 10:00 pm | |
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~Abyss~ Administrator
Number of posts : 6472 Age : 36 Location : Los Angeles Cali. Registration date : 2008-02-05
| Subject: Re: How do scorpions recognize members of their own species? 12/31/2012, 12:49 pm | |
| It's all phermones and pectiens usage. But I suspect some phermones in certain species could be closely related if the two species are closely related. I mean you can see how P.imperators will tollerate heterometrus sp. I would love to see any scientific papers on this as well. | |
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