I think that Scorpions are wierd enough on their own that we don't need to go towards Aliens or termites for inspiration - this is an insect that gives birth to live young! if that ain't chaotic enough, some species of RW scorpions are parthegenic - they don't *need* males to have young!
Who cares what the mating ritual is? No Player hero is going to survive getting close enough to see it anyway (unless that hero happens to be the Queen, or a very quick Scorpion*man*).
Young scorpions ride their mommy's back - can you imagine the boost in fighting power that might give her? A bunch of half-meter/18 inch Scorpionman, err, "pups" scurrying around and getting in the way...
Keep Scorpionmen like Scorpions, you don't have to go very far for wierdness!
RR
He was born with the gift of laughter and the sense that the world was mad
R. Sabatini, Scaramouche
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