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Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus)
Medically significant ⚠ This animal's venom can need real medical attention. Adults only, a locked escape-proof enclosure, and no free handling, ever.
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Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus)

Scorpion

$19.99$14.99sizes from $12.99
Flash sale: you save $5.00 (25% off). Hot price while it lasts; grab this fella before the sale cools.
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Matched Buddy Bark Buddy

This fella is a climber, so the best checkout pair is a tall Buddy with cork lanes, grip, and shaded vertical retreats.

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Spice 5 care notes

Hottest in the house. Big Z's glad to walk through your enclosure plan with you before you commit. Just reach out.

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This one ships from a mixed-size group. Tell Big Z which end of the range you'd like and we'll get as close as the current batch allows. We can't promise an exact measurement, but we'll do our best.

Live arrival Big Z packs every order with weather-aware care.
Big Z's here to help Not sure if Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides is your spice level? Message us anytime, happy to talk it through.
Spice 5 support Big Z's on the dot for these: reach out anytime if you want a hand with the enclosure and lock-in-lid plan, or just want it looked over before you order.
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About this Fella

Tiny, climbs upside-down, glows like neon

The Arizona Bark Scorpion is North America’s most famous scorpion: a slender, pale, 2-to-3-inch desert specialist that does something almost no other scorpion does. It climbs, effortlessly, even hanging upside-down from a smooth surface. Centruroides sculpturatus lights up like a piece of fluorescent tubing under UV.

It is also genuinely venomous, the most medically significant scorpion in the US, so this is an advanced, hands-strictly-off, experienced-hot-keeper animal. They are fascinating colony animals that pile together in bark crevices. Treat the care guide as mandatory: it covers the secure enclosure, the no-handling rule, and the respect this little desert legend demands.

The numbers live in the care guide. Enclosure size, temps, humidity, feeding schedule, premolt signs, handling boundaries: it's all in the care guide for this exact fella. Start with the full Advanced guide, or click for the quick Open the Simple version →

Care + shipping

What ships with this order

  • Comes with a free species-oriented care guide
  • Heat / cold pack as needed for the week's forecast
  • Tracking + arrival window before ship-day
  • DM access to Big Z for the life of the animal
Matched care guide

Arizona Bark Scorpion

Centruroides sculpturatus - Spice 5 — Extreme (Medical Significance). Baby Buddy — for 2i–3i instars (escape-proof ventilation only); Bark Buddy for juveniles/adults

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About this Fella Big Z's notes

Tiny, climbs upside-down, glows like neon

The Arizona Bark Scorpion is North America’s most famous scorpion: a slender, pale, 2-to-3-inch desert specialist that does something almost no other scorpion does. It climbs, effortlessly, even hanging upside-down from a smooth surface. Centruroides sculpturatus lights up like a piece of fluorescent tubing under UV.

It is also genuinely venomous, the most medically significant scorpion in the US, so this is an advanced, hands-strictly-off, experienced-hot-keeper animal. They are fascinating colony animals that pile together in bark crevices. Treat the care guide as mandatory: it covers the secure enclosure, the no-handling rule, and the respect this little desert legend demands.

The numbers live in the care guide. Enclosure size, temps, humidity, feeding schedule, premolt signs, handling boundaries: it's all in the care guide for this exact fella. Start with the full Advanced guide, or click for the quick Open the Simple version →

What ships with this order Care + shipping
  • Comes with a free species-oriented care guide
  • Heat / cold pack as needed for the week's forecast
  • Tracking + arrival window before ship-day
  • DM access to Big Z for the life of the animal
Read shipping & LAG Build the habitat
Care guideSpice 5 lane - read first
Matched care guide

Arizona Bark Scorpion

Centruroides sculpturatus - Spice 5 — Extreme (Medical Significance). Baby Buddy — for 2i–3i instars (escape-proof ventilation only); Bark Buddy for juveniles/adults

Advanced + PDF Open simple guide
View in Care GuideZs library
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