All scorpions are nocturnal and generally venture from their shelters at night to forage for prey. Scorpions feed on insects and other small arthropods , including other scorpions. The larger scorpions are powerful enough to capture small vertebrates. They are not without their own enemies though. Scorpions are eaten not only by other scorpions but by elf owls, lizards and some small snakes as well as pallid bats, grasshopper mice and desert shrews.
All scorpions are capable of stinging.
The female scorpion gives birth to live young . The newly born young are not fully developed when they are born and will continue to develop until the first molt of their exoskeleton in 7 to 21 days, depending on the species. As the babies are born, they crawl up their mother's pincers and legs to take a position on her back where they will ride safely until they molt, after which they will each go their own ways. Of interest, they fluoresce under ultraviolet light. With a black light on a nice warm dark night you can watch these ancient nocturnal creatures as they detect and capture their prey, dance with their mates and dig their burrows.