Real Black Scorpion (Asian Forest Scorpion) - Heterometrus spinifer permanently encased in clear lucite material. The specimen is crystal clear, indestructible and transparent. Safe, authentic and completely unbreakable product put living Scorpion right at your fingertips!

Anyone can safely explore the Scorpion from every angle.

It is clear enough for microscope observation.

Length of the Scorpion from head to bottom is 7 cm(2.8 inch).

Size of the lucite block is 14.0x9.5x4.5 cm(5.5x3.7x1,8 inch).

Each one comes with a beautiful cardboard box for easy storage.

Weight of the block is 600 g and 930 g with packing box.

It is an ideal learning aid for students and kids and also a very good collectible item for every body.

This is a handmade real animal specimen craft. Each one will be a bit different (specimen size, color and posture) even in the same production batch.
The pictures in the listing are just for reference as we are selling multiple pieces with same pictures.

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Black Scorpion (Asian Forest Scorpion)  Heterometrus spinifer

Origin: Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
   Biotype: Tropical
   Adult Size: up to 16 cm
   Expectance of life: 8 cm

Food: insects (crickets, cockroaches, crickets), the scorpion may beforehand eat anything that moves, but the insects are adequate.

Description: This is a magnificent scorpion, which at adult size, can reach the size of 15cm, with a large body and imposing less than Pandinus Imperator. It is black with blue highlights, with large claws (leaner than those of P. Imperator). This species can be manipulated because it is calm and sociable, however, we must not lose sight of the fact that the bite is it can inflict very painful fever, vomiting and eye problems can occur passengers!

The scorpions need a normal cycle day / night, but they are crepuscular and often more active at night, when everything is calm and they can come out of hiding. The gestation length of the female is approximately 1 year, with 30-35 kids who may remain several months on the back of the mother. They are mature to 12-15 months.

The Heterometrus Spinifer Scorpions are common to most parts of SE Asia and Southern China.

Scorpions are a diverse group of arachnids and include 16 families, 159 genera with 1260 described species worldwide. The Heterometrus Spinifer is common to Thailand and China is one of a few species that is known to be edible. Scorpions are ancient animals and fossil records indicate that they were already in existence about 425 – 450 million years ago during the Silurian period and evolved from an amphibious ancestor. They occur in habitats ranging from forest to deserts but it is in the arid areas that they are most common and diverse.