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If you want a beginner scorpion - go to step 2
If you want an intermediate to advanced scorpion - go to step 9
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If you want a scorpion from a humid environment - go to step 3
If you want a scorpion from a dry environment - go to step 7
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If you want a communal species - go to step 4
If you want a non-communal species - we suggest
Pandinus cavimanus---4---
If you want a big and tropical scorpion - go to step 5
If you want a small and temperate scorpion - go to step 6
---5---
If you want
Pandinus imperator* - we suggest
Pandinus imperator*
If you want anything else - we suggest most
Heterometrus spp.*
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If you want a bark scorpion - we suggest
Centruroides hentziIf you want a forest scorpion - we suggest
Uroctonus mordax*
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If you want a communal species - we suggest
Centruroides vittatusIf you want a non-communal species - go to step 8
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If you want a large species - we suggest
Hadrurus arizonensis or
Hadogenes spp.If you want a small species - we suggest
Vaejovis / Hoffimanus spp.,
Diplocentrus spp.,
Paruroctonus boreus, or
Smeringurus spp.---9--- (advanced)
If you want a scorpion from a humid environment - go to step 10
If you want a scorpion from a dry environment - go to step 11
---10--- (advanced, humid)
If you want a communal species - we suggest
Babycurus jacksoni,
Centruroides gracillis, or
Tityus spp. We do not currently have a suggestion for an advanced, humid, non-communal species.
---11--- (advanced, dry)
If you want a communal species - we suggest
Centruroides sculpturatus or
Hottentotta spp.If you want a non-communal species - we suggest
Leiurus quinquestriatus or
Androctonus spp.* Requires very high humidity -- all others in "humid" categories require more humidity than desert species, but not a very high amount
Note: most of the species here listed as "non-communal" have been kept communally by someone at some point with success -- however, they tend to be more prone to cannibalism in most peoples' experience and keeping them together is not recommended for the average hobbyist.
This list reflects only the more commonly available species and is here to help someone out who can't decide what to get.