Even though they have a lot of eyes, scorpions have poor vision. They make up for this by having tiny sensitive hairs on their pinchers that help them detect motion. In addition, scorpions have strange comb-like structures called pectines on their underside, which are uniqui to scorpions. The pectines are sensitive to touch, ground vibrations, and perhaps even sound. Centruroides vittatus , the striped scorpion is the only scorpion species found in Missouri.
Scorpions are solitary creatures, interacting only to mate or to prey upon one another.
Unlike most other invertebrates, scorpions give birth to live young. The young scorpions, miniature versions of their parents, climb onto their mother's back and remain there for one to two weeks. Scorpions generally live three to seven years, although some survive 25 years or more. Scorpions are entirely carnivorous. They prefer soft-bodied pre such as spiders, cockroaches, ants, crickets, beetles, and butterflies.