Pale Wind Spider (Scorpion)

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I'm not sure of the latin name or any of the specifics, but this creature is awesome. I found it here in Arizona and it looked interesting so I acquired one for my collection. I tossed a cricket into it enclosure today and it just tore the cricket to shreds, eating every last bit of it. I think right now he is using the leg as a toothpick. I hope to learn a lot more about this guy and I will post pics soon.

-Dustin
 

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They are called solfugids, and be careful of overfeeding!
 

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he is about an inch long. Would a small cricket a week be overfeeding?

-Dustin
 

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That should be fine, if it starts to get really plump hold off feeding for a week or two.
 
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Cool. Seems like it will be a nice species to own. Today I built an enclosure that was very similar to its natural environment. Within an hour it had already built a burrow. I'm not sure how often it will come out. Probably only at night.

-Dustin
 

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People down by my way call them sun spiders (don't know why, I've only seen them @ night) did you get any scorps in Tucson this weekend?
 

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I wish. I took your advice but only got a chance to go out for like 30 minutes. Within the first 10 minutes I found a Striped-tail and the Sun Spider. I found a few pedes but could get any into the containers. Hopefully I can go again soon.
 

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That should be fine, if it starts to get really plum hold off feeding for a week or two.
a week or two?! :eek: wow, i wouldn't hold off for that long if i were you... they have such a fast metabolism that a few days should do the charm. you can prob seriously feed them every day (something small of course) and they will be happy.
 

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It has been well documented the solfugids do better when kept at sizes not considered plump. Look at this thread.

I kept a local solfugid for ~8 months via feeding it once every 2 weeks. These cannot be expected to get meals every day to feed upon, they are lucky to get meals once a week in the wild.

So, yes feed it a large meal every week - two weeks and it should be fine.
 

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i keep them alive for 5, 6, 7 months at a go when i feed them sparingly. i have had them molt for me, too. look like superman when they do it. when i fed them a lot i couldn't really get much past 2 months. now i just don't bother with them =P

these are definitely a creature that will overeat to their own detriment
 

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Hopefully he has a decent life span. He has built a nice burrow. I provided him with compacted dirt and then a piece of flagstone. On top of that a light coat of sand. Within an hour he had dug under the flagstone. This morning I saw him running around his cage trying to get out. Apparently they are excellent climbs using their pedipalps.

-Dustin
 
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