babycurus jacksoni
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these are my favorite scorps. keep them warm(80 then up to 90 every couple days),and also pretty humid like around 70%. Have something for them to climb ie: bark(they climb alot) they will eat alot! every week when i throw crickets in, these guys grab them right away. also very interesting scorpions to watch eat, they will sting their prey many times repeatedly until they are satisfied they have injected enough venom, then they will take their prey and climb into a safe place and eat it, sometimes even upside down. overall great scorpion and they do well in captivity. i have a few right now , but i am getting alot more soon to have a bigger communal tank, and i hope to breed them. ive heard they breed very well in captivity also. hope the info helps. have fun with a great scorp!
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Congratulations!
Babycurus jacksoni is a kind of beautiful scorpion and move very quick.
All red and very cute!
Babycurus jacksoni is a kind of beautiful scorpion and move very quick.
All red and very cute!
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Keep the substrate a little moist (not wet)
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they may -seem- docile when you get them, but they are unforgiving, one mistake and you will be in a whole world of pain 
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They definitely prefer moist substrate, although one of ours seems to prefer a slightly drier substrate to the other. You'll soon get used to your scorpion's preference. Mixing a little sand into coconut fibre or peat helps with this as it allows moisture to disperse more easily through the substrate and avoids bits of it getting waterlogged.
Depth of substrate is also essential - more important than a large surface area in their tank. Both of ours have around 8 or 9 inches of substrate in their tanks and have burrowed right to the bottom.
Depth of substrate is also essential - more important than a large surface area in their tank. Both of ours have around 8 or 9 inches of substrate in their tanks and have burrowed right to the bottom.
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your b jacksonis burrow?? thats wierd none of mine have ever dug burrows.
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my jacksoni has made a scrape or two, but not a burrow. it seems kind of odd hearing about them digging ....
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yes i agree. i have had many b.jacksoni's and have never seen one burrow. but anyway if any scorpion enthusiast has never kept b. jack's , i would deffinately recomend it. to me they are right up there with some of the most interesting scorps tp keep.
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haha, im sure. they are very quick to sting. must be VERY careful!
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bark,
haha, ya i bet. ive havent been stung by a scorp yet, close lots of times but never stung. im sure i will soon enough though, lol.
haha, ya i bet. ive havent been stung by a scorp yet, close lots of times but never stung. im sure i will soon enough though, lol.
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85 degrees F. and slightly damp substrate with a cork bark is good.
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curiosity killed the cat!, haha jk. i know what you mean though. after keeping scorpions for a long time you get so used to them that you sometimes forget that they are wild animals, and they will defend themselves readily, i guess ive been lucky so far....knock on wood.
Heya Steve,
Actually, more like purposeful accidents! A few years back, I became intensely curious about the pain factor involved in scorp envenomations and with a desire to experience the stings of a few of the more common species, I began free-handling them without any caution in order to experience envenomation first hand. Didn't really bother me much as I have a very high pain tolerance - until I got tagged good and hard by C. vittatus (West Texas specimen). I've taken several good stings from C. exilicauda without any effect but C. vittatus turned it up and turned it on - felt like how I'd imagine battery acid would feel being injected into and moving through your body.
Worse than even large H. arizonensis! Since that time, I've taken 3 more stings from C. vittatus (Illinois and Missouri specimens) and they were NOT like that of that big West Texas gal.
Next to that one Texan C. vittatus, was a fem B. jacksoni! She got me several times. The sting was painful but what got me was the throbbing, burning, lingering radial pain - hurt like hell to move my fingers, hand and wrist. Mesobuthus martensii also has a fairly painful sting! LOL
Luc
Actually, more like purposeful accidents! A few years back, I became intensely curious about the pain factor involved in scorp envenomations and with a desire to experience the stings of a few of the more common species, I began free-handling them without any caution in order to experience envenomation first hand. Didn't really bother me much as I have a very high pain tolerance - until I got tagged good and hard by C. vittatus (West Texas specimen). I've taken several good stings from C. exilicauda without any effect but C. vittatus turned it up and turned it on - felt like how I'd imagine battery acid would feel being injected into and moving through your body.
Worse than even large H. arizonensis! Since that time, I've taken 3 more stings from C. vittatus (Illinois and Missouri specimens) and they were NOT like that of that big West Texas gal.
Next to that one Texan C. vittatus, was a fem B. jacksoni! She got me several times. The sting was painful but what got me was the throbbing, burning, lingering radial pain - hurt like hell to move my fingers, hand and wrist. Mesobuthus martensii also has a fairly painful sting! LOL
Luc