Euscorpius italicus instar 2 scorpions macro video in HD

I tried some macro filming: These are my little instar 2 E. icalicus. Pretty small (the match is just for comparison by the way), but lovely ;)
The camerawork is far from perfect but I suppose you don't see these scorpions up close too often.

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Pets & Animals

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• Euscorpius
• italicus
• scorpions
• breed
• instar
• HD
• macro

[zevr0z]

I just got 2 E. Italicus a few days ago, about instar 3-4, looks like these but a bit darker colored. Are they communal? The guy I bought em from said they weren't so I keep 'em in separate.

Would love to see more of them and the enclosure.

[snippydude]

@zevr0z Hey mate. E. italicus is in fact communal with some exceptions. Keeping adults in a group is no problem, I do so for some time now and never experienced any cannibalism, but you will have to give them a good number of hiding places because they show signs of aggression against each other, even though actual fighting is seldom.

If you want a picture of my tank, the adults are housed in, let me know and I will send it to you. (Its 40x30x30 cm and houses a 2.3 E. italicus)

[snippydude]

@zevr0z As for the young and keeping in groups: I keep the young in a communal setting, too, but you have to be award of the evevated risk of cannibalism during molts. There can and most probably will be drop outs in those periods of time. Apart from that it's no problem.

But I hope you are aware, that E. itcalicus takes a loong time to grow adult, they guys are really slow :)

[zevr0z]

@snippydude Good to know that they are communal =D Will save space in the long run. Might move em in to a 6x6x5cm enclosure if that's the case. Might still be a lil small for that though. I don't mind slow growers ;)

And I would love to see more vids/images. Not enough vids of em on youtube which is a shame =/