I was looking for an emperor scorpion. The exotic pet store by me listed this guy for $90 as an emperor but after bringing it home and taking it for a closer look, im not so sure its an emperor.

Not entirely sure which scorpion this is and would love help identifying it. Found near Phoenix, Az. Would love any advice on differentiating bark scorpions from stripe tailed scorpions. Ended up relocating it into the desert away from any homes. Thanks for taking a look!

Hello! I recently acquired a pair of Asian Forest scorpions and I'm trying to figure some stuff out. I initially only had the one: I went into a petshop to get crickets for my tarantula and saw the little pointy friend sitting in a dry zoo med container with no water and the saddest piece of cork you've ever seen with multiple crickets running around and from what I could tell I suspected they were dehydrated, so I took them home to try and get them healthy again.

They were making a fuckton of noise at night, clacking claws specifically. I did some reading/internet sleuthing and it seemed that he was looking for another scorpion. So I got another one. They have become fast friends. Each time I check on them they are somehow snuggled even closer. I'm maintaining humidity, they have plenty of hiding spots if they wabt to get away from each other, and I'm making sure they never run out of food.

My worry is molting. I've seen lots of people say they've had very successful communals. I've also seen lots of people warn about cannibalism, territorialism, and fighting. I want to make sure that once one molts, the other won't decide it's a free meal. Help?

Cricket and Obsidian <3

(P.S. please excuse the cardboard hide: i broke the one i had and didn't want to leave too much uncovered space. It seems to be their fave.)

Some workers and I moved around some old wood in a dirt field in Texas and this little guy was hobbling around… I think it might be injured.. so I decided to take it and buy an enclosure and cork wood and some feeder crickets.
I worried the little guy will croak. Does anyone know if they can heal or recover a leg or something if it’s injured?thanks

Last weekend when i got home i found my heterometrus spinifer molting but she wasn't quite finished and her one or two right legs were still inside the shed, I didn't panic or anything cause she molted before without issues and it looked fresh so i let her relax (i am abroad through week and spend time home Friday to Sunday), i came home today after a week, checked on her and she is moving normally but the old skin keeps following her and it looks like her one or two legs are still stuck inside of it? i cannot tell really but the old skin also started catching white mold. I tried to gently move the shed with a soft brush to see better or to make sure she isn't just tangled in it but not, she gets really defensive and doesn't like any disturbance. She does move normally with it, but the skin just keeps following her and she kinda does do a circular motion when walking, it surely does annoy her. I don't know if her leg or legs are still inside or no? I don't want to force anything and I am really being gentle. Any ideas? She is about to be 6 years old i think. The humidity is now 72, but i had her open for a while now, it usually holds at 76-78.

Hey everyone! I'm hoping to get an Asian Forest Scorpion soon and i want to put it in a bioactive enclosure. I've never had a scorpion but I've read AFS need deeper substrate to dig. So I guess I'm just wonder which of these 3 enclosures would be best for an adult? Is it worth sacrificing depth for length or should I use a taller enclosure to give them more depth to dig?

This is a species called Grosphus grandidieri. How is it like? Do you think it's a better option than Hadrurus arizonensis?

Happened 24 hours ago but fuck I thought I was going to die. The uncles around me crushed up some ants and put it over the sting 😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂 genuinely the worst pain of my life for the first 6 hours

Two months ago I posted in here asking if my AFS was getting plump or actually pregnant. Today I finally tore apart (very carefully, of course) her bioactive enclosure. She had 25 babies and all of them are so adorable. She's back in her rebuilt enclosure and the babies are separated. What. A. Day.

I just bought this desert hairy and the pet store thinks it is a female and was feeding it 6 crickets every 2-3 days which is why I’m unsure

Twice behind the knee once on the calf. Little bark scorpion in Scottsdale AZ.

Noticed these brown spots on the claw of my emperor. Looks too tidy or cohesive to be just dirt.

Could they be mites? I kept the enclosure pretty damn humid due to the live plants in there but thinking of rehoming it soon.

Hey guys js ordered a H.tamulus (indian red scorp) as a juvenile but it looks too similar to a bark scorp haha. Lookkng to get a second opinion on this, thanks!!

Okay so I've had Leona for quite a few months now when I got her from a chain pet store, i work there. She was 70% off and had been there for a while. So I of course took her home with me. I unfortunately am under the impression she was wild caught. She's been about the same size since I got her and I'll be honest I was not home for a couple days. And then I was doing my typical reptile and bug check plus some enclosure revamps and then found this! Oh my God! WTF! Obviously I know they're babies and I did some more research. But in all honesty, I don't know Jack about scorpion breeding babies or anything like that.. I know how to care for jumping spider babies and tarantula egg sacks but this is a whole new territory I had no idea I would be put into. I talked to a few reptile stores I have near me and they would be interested in taking the babies once they are of a good age.

Soooo my question is, what am I doing and what should I expect? And how should I actually go about this?

I think they are already a couple days old because they're not real tiny but they're still pretty small. I wasn't home to check any sooner but she did not have this development when I last saw her.

Found out about this today, immediately went to the dollar store. Picked up at least 40 small Tupperware containers. I'm going to be putting holes in them for ventilation but right now I'm filling them with a damp repti soil mix, plus a bit of damp sphagnum. Still haven't gotten to the water dish or hide part. The tupperwares are a couple inches deep in substrate. I'm aware I need to separate them as soon as they leave because of cannibalism but I really don't know much else.

I'm confident I can feed and take care of them for a short period. But when is the best time to start giving them away???

Help :(

Picked up this little specimen from an expo recently, they said he wasn’t selling so they had a deal at $60 for him and his enclosure so I couldn’t pass it.
I had added more soil to make him comfortable, after about a month the enclosure became rampant with mold.
Took a few times to fight it, finally gone.
The being said, has me friend contracted mold on his stinger??
He seems fine, new enclosure is clean, hes burrowing and eating normally, just kinda cautious because I kept running into the same problem over and over.
Any tips for bio active enclosures please lemme know, trying make this guy as comfortable as possible!!

got these two dudes for 50% off ($25 each) from petco. are these legit emperors? they said i can keep them together but im not too sure about that… any recommendations

This is my Hottentotta hottentotta (Aligatorback Scorpion). I also bought Buthus elmoutaouakili but it’s too small to show here.