CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Do scorpions eat ants? How to feed them if you catch them?

Scorpions eat ants.

In fact, scorpions like to eat animal feed the most, which includes various insects and their larvae, such as centipedes, earthworms, meat meal, fish meal, frogs, birds, beasts, etc. Feeding scorpions with earthworms is very good for the growth of scorpions and can be used as the main feed. It is best to feed scorpions of the same age with earthworms of the same age. On average, each adult scorpion is given 30 mg of earthworms. After eating once, it can be fed for 6 days. Scorpions raised in 1 cubic meter of space can be fed with earthworms raised in 2 cubic meters of space to meet the requirements. Therefore, when raising scorpions, it is best to also raise earthworms or maggots, earthworms, etc. for comprehensive utilization. In addition, milk, oil (mutton fat, butter, lard), eggs, etc. are rich in nutrition and good in palatability. They are important ingredients when combining plant feed. Plant feed mainly includes cereals, bran, and grass. If these feeds are not processed and are placed alone, they are generally not eaten, and they are not digested after being eaten. They must be steamed, fried, ground, and then mixed with appropriate minced meat, fish meal, oil, milk, etc., mixed evenly, and placed on a food tray for feeding, but the amount of food intake is not large. Feed should not be sprinkled directly into the activity area or the habitat. Feed should be placed in a food tray and water should be provided. The food tray should be a shallow tray with a side height of 1 cm. Some artificial sponges or stones should be placed in the water tray as a pad for the scorpion to stop and absorb water.

Artificial breeding feed: mealworms, earthworms and centipedes. They have strong reproductive capacity and grow fast. But they should be raised in advance to prevent feed shortage. This type of feed is especially suitable for female scorpions.

Insect feed: ants, butterflies and various moths, etc.

They can be caught in the wild or trapped with black light. They are suitable for feeding 2-3 cm young scorpions and immature scorpions.

Meat feed: frog meat, sparrow meat, chicken, pork, etc. Ke Zhaoming directly feeds pregnant scorpions that have not yet given birth.

It cannot be left in the pond for too long to avoid spoilage, and spoiled feed must be removed in time.

Mineral feed: In early spring, you can put some weathered soil and bone meal under the rocks on the surface of the scorpion pond and mix it with meat feed to feed scorpions of different ages.

Scorpions usually do not eat ants, and are afraid of a group of ants, but they can be fed flies, larvae, and spiders are one of the things on the scorpion's prey menu (it is not recommended to feed wild animals because of parasites), and emperor scorpions are usually not afraid of small animals such as mice, frogs, snakes, geckos, and birds. Scorpions' eyes are photosensitive and cannot see things clearly. Scorpions can go a long time without eating. They are very sensitive to irritating smells and will avoid them. Desert scorpions are usually more poisonous and faster than moisture scorpions. Scorpions will not actively attack people, and will only attack in defense, but scorpions like to hide in dark environments, so if a scorpion mistakenly enters a human's house, people may be stung when wearing shoes or touching a scorpion hiding in the dark (including wild cockroaches). Pregnant female emperor scorpions can be fed with their young, but never too much. Generally, scorpions like to eat crickets, cherry cockroaches or Dubia, etc.

Scorpions do not eat ants, spiders, centipedes, mosquitoes, flies and many other insects.

The insects that scorpions like to eat have the following characteristics: fresh, soft and juicy, medium size, rich in protein and fat, and no special smell.

Scorpions have poor eyesight and basically have no ability to search, track, hunt, or detect targets from a distance. They mainly detect targets by sensing the air vibrations caused by the activities of small insects around them. Therefore, they have a strong ability to prey on very agile house flies, but relatively poor ability to prey on slow-moving woodlice.

The low predation ability of scorpions has cultivated the habit of scorpions to endure hunger and eat a lot. In the presence of water and weathered soil, scorpions can survive for 8 to 9 months without food or water. A hungry scorpion can eat food almost equal to its body weight at a time.

Scorpions can sting people, but they won't attack you unless you provoke them. They will only attack when they are in danger.

Common natural enemies of scorpions include snakes, rats, geckos, birds, poultry, toads, frogs, ants, etc.

Ants not only snatch the scorpion's feed insects, but also attack and eat the scorpion in groups, which is harmful to young scorpions and

Scorpions that are molting or have just molted and have not yet recovered their ability to move are more likely to cause damage.

You have to kill the ants before you can feed them.

Scorpions don't eat ants. If you catch scorpions, you can feed them to centipedes.