Heterometrus silenus
Arachnida
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 7-10 yrs
- Size
- Huge
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- Southeast Asia
- Movement
- Walking
- Breeding
- Live Birth
- Defense
- Venom
- Status
- Rare
About
This forest scorpion dwells in the deep leaf litter of Southeast Asian jungles. It uses its heavy, oversized pincers to crush prey instead of relying on its venom.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileBorn live, a pale scorpling rides on its mother's back until its first molt, then sets off on its own.
- 2.subadultA near-adult scorpion molts through several instars, hardening and darkening toward mature coloration.
- 3.adultFully grown after its final molt.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Scorpiones
- Family
- Scorpionidae
- Genus
- Heterometrus
- Species
- Heterometrus silenus