Raising Young Bark Scorpion

With the growing popularity of the Scorpion Hobby, it is obviously neccessary to learn all we can about breeding and culturing them in order to keep all the desired species in our hobby.
What is a "Bark Scorpion"? Typically they are from the Family Buthidae and the genera Centruroides, Tityus, Rholapurus, Isometrus, Lychas, Babycurus and probably others that arent very common in the hobby at the moment. These "Bark Scorpions" are found in a variety of different habitat including Rainforest, Desert and Temperate areas. They are not burrowers and some even call them arboreal although many species are seldom if ever actually found in trees but under stones, logs and other ground litter.
After having some failures of early instar "Bark Scorpions" mostly during molting I have learned that providing them with vertical climbs seems to have almost eliminated molting problems. When provided a climb they almost always molt facing down. Perhaps gravity actually helps them molt more easily although this is speculation.
Here is how they prefer to molt
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With this in mind, I keep all scorplings in small vials with a piece of tree bark that stands up. This also is good in case the substrate gets a little too damp for the scorpling when water is added.
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As the scorplings out grow the vials, they can then be moved into deli cups but it is still wise to provide a piece of vertical structure to climb on.

This is a very good forum. Very informative. More power to the site. And to you sir Tatoo.

tnx sir! wish we can gather more members to make it more active.

i will spread the word.

very informative sir.. merun din kasi ako mga bark scorp.. thnx mga sir..

ispen wrote:

very informative sir.. merun din kasi ako mga bark scorp.. thnx mga sir..

welcome

ang galing ah,,master ng exotic,,haha

nice sets of informative facts. . . pwede na pansabayan sa foreign sites. . . ayoz bro 4 thumbs up kasama paa. . .

ur really 1 of d best tol!!! more power to you and PEP!!!!!

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eh sir tattoo matanong lang.. sa mga bark scorpions anong pinaka-favorite mo?

mga sir naglagay po ako ng bark agad sa R. juneus ko at C. bicolor.. kaso po mejo nagkakaamag po yung bark kaya inalis ko po.. nakakasama po ba yung amag? o amag po ba tlaga yun?

SIr tatoo my bark scorpion wont eat. i tried to give cockroach, spider,small mealworm. he doesnt eat all of i give to him please help.

Melo wrote:

mga sir naglagay po ako ng bark agad sa R. juneus ko at C. bicolor.. kaso po mejo nagkakaamag po yung bark kaya inalis ko po.. nakakasama po ba yung amag? o amag po ba tlaga yun?

Increase your ventilation.

istiben25 wrote:

SIr tatoo my bark scorpion wont eat. i tried to give cockroach, spider,small mealworm. he doesnt eat all of i give to him please help.

It will not eat if it is full or if it is in pre/post molt.