Scorpion Abstraction #16

Introducing the twelfth work by scarecrow

Scorpions perform a courtship ritual that resembles a dance, sometimes known as a promenade à deux (French for "walk for two"). The details vary by species, but if the female shows interest in the male, they typically begin by facing off and holding onto one another's pedipalps, then rotating back and forth together with their tails (technically metasoma) raised above their backs. They sometimes bump their metasoma together without stinging, according to the San Diego Zoo, in a behavior called "clubbing."3

The dance may last anywhere from minutes to hours. At the end of the dance, the male deposits his spermatophore on the ground for the female, then leaves.

Scorpions perform a courtship ritual that resembles a dance, sometimes known as a promenade à deux (French for "walk for two"). The details vary by species, but if the female shows interest in the male, they typically begin by facing off and holding onto one another's pedipalps, then rotating back and forth together with their tails (technically metasoma) raised above their backs. They sometimes bump their metasoma together without stinging, according to the San Diego Zoo, in a behavior called "clubbing."3

The dance may last anywhere from minutes to hours. At the end of the dance, the male deposits his spermatophore on the ground for the female, then leaves.