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Another mom showing off her babies (Centruroides ochraceus) (mander.xyz)
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This one I took about 12 years ago in Yucatan. I was inspired to post it because I saw other photos of arachnids showing off their babies ;)

More babies:

https://mander.xyz/post/1251694

https://mander.xyz/post/1194682

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There are communal scorpions but emperors aren't. Babies usually hangout on mom's back for a little bit. Once they crawl off mom's duty is done and she'll eat them if kept together. The babies can be kept together for a short time so long as you feed them pretty well. But even then you might lose a few. When we used to do this we weren't interested in making money so if we lost a few to the thunderdome it was no big deal.