Found throughout tropical regions of Africa, the Emperor Scorpion is one of the largest in the scorpion family. A predatory carnivore their diet ranges from insects to small mammals. In captivity we feed them live crickets, meal worms or morio worms about once a week.
- Live up to 8 years.
- With an exoskeleton which they molt once a year to enable growth.
- Adult scorpions can grow to 15 centimetres in across.
- Habitat being rain forest floor.
- Nocturnal arachnids.
Although it may look very dangerous, generally speaking the larger scorpions tend to be less poisonous than the smaller ones. Although it would still be painful if we were to get stung, it would not be life threatening.