- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Scorpiones
- Family: Scorpionidae
- Sub Family: Heterometrinae
- Genus: Heterometrus
- Species: silenus
Scorpions: Heterometrus silenus - Vietnamese Forest Scorpion
Taxonomic Classification
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Care Sheet
Relatively easy to look after and a good beginner large species of scorpion.
Adults can reach a size of 12cm.
Diet: Crickets, Locusts and cockroaches
Housing: Minimum of 35x35x30 enclosure with a slight bit of ventilation
Substrate: Fairly deep top soil mixed with sand/clay works well to hold humidity and means easy burrowing
Temperature:24-30c
Humidity: 80%
Additional notes:
Heterometrus love to burrow into their substrate.
They can be kept communal generally best to do it from a young age though.
Gravid females have been known to cannibalise others though.
