live scorpions
What is the carrier for live scorpions?
For live scorpions, carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is continental United States only - surface transportation only; conditions is Scorpions are mailable only when sent for the purposes of medical research or the manufacturing of antivenin; must be sent by surface transportation within continental United States; must be properly packaged in double container system, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.
scorpions are mailable only when sent for the purposes of medical research or the manufacturing of antivenin. Scorpions are nonmailable under any other circumstances.
— pe.usps.com, retrieved 2026-08-04
- Item category
- live scorpions
- Carrier
- USPS our reading
- Restriction type
- restricted our reading
- Scope
- continental United States only - surface transportation only our reading
- Conditions
- Scorpions are mailable only when sent for the purposes of medical research or the manufacturing of antivenin; must be sent by surface transportation within continental United States; must be properly packaged in double container system
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Source
- pe.usps.comhttps://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_009.htm