CATDOLL : CATDOLL: I want to raise scorpions. Could you please tell me, besides mealworms, do scorpions eat other insects? Can I feed them meat or compound feed?

1. I want to raise scorpions. Please tell me, do scorpions eat other insects besides mealworms? Is it okay to feed them meat or compound feed?

Yes, but not recommended

Because mealworms are the easiest food to raise and the easiest to ensure quality

As for other insects and meat, it is too easy to introduce disease and contamination

As for feed, it is impossible. Please refer to the physiological process of scorpion's feeding and digestion. This determines that scorpions cannot eat feed with low water content (feed needs to be stored for a long time, so the water content must be strictly controlled).

In view of the disadvantages of other foods, large-scale scorpion farming generally uses artificially cultivated insects, such as mealworms, earthworms, woodlice, etc., because these artificially cultivated insects are not easy to carry pathogens. Mealworms are the easiest to breed, so large-scale farming has long used them as food. This is the best method that the breeders have found through continuous comparison. You can think of it this way. If there are really other better ways, mealworms would have been replaced long ago. Everyone would choose the best. This is the key.

2. Is it necessary to raise mealworms when raising scorpions? What food should I feed them if I don't raise mealworms?

Mealworms are the most ideal food for scorpions, and they are convenient and easy to breed. Maggots, grasshoppers, spiders, and various small insects are all food for scorpions, but those things are not easy to get. If the breeding scale is large, they will breed mealworms themselves. Otherwise, if they don’t breed feed, it will be a big problem for scorpions to be fed.

3. Do rainforest scorpions eat mealworms?

Rainforest scorpions are not picky about food, and mealworms can be fed to them, which is better than crickets because the mouthparts of live crickets may hurt scorpions. Mealworms can be raised at home and are a more stable source of feed.

4. Can dead mealworms be fed to scorpions?

Scorpions eat alive.

In addition, we don't know what kind of bacteria infects mealworms, because we don't know whether they are contagious among insects of the same genus. But you can feed the dead worms to chickens.

5. How many mealworms can an adult scorpion eat in a day?

I only eat one or two a week.

6. What is the future of mealworms and scorpions now? What should I pay attention to if I raise them?

Not bad. But scorpions are not easy to raise, but mealworms are easier to raise. If you want to develop in this direction, you should first evaluate the consumption power in your area (the market price of mealworms is 15 yuan per catty, and the price of scorpions is 350-400 yuan per catty), and then ask if there are people eating these things in your area, and what the local production is like, whether it is more supply or more demand. Generally speaking, insects are used to make a stable life, and scorpions are used to develop (it takes two years for scorpions to master the technology). If no one eats mealworms in your area, then I congratulate you for having an undeveloped market. But it is a bit difficult to develop the market. Generally speaking, scorpion breeding is OK, depending on how you do it. Here are some suggestions for raising scorpions: 1. Technology, 2. Dedication, 3. Professionalism. I wish you good luck.