# live scorpions — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

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.

- **Item category:** live scorpions _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** continental United States only - surface transportation only _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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 _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_

## What the source says

> scorpions are mailable only when sent for the purposes of medical research or the manufacturing of antivenin. Scorpions are nonmailable under any other circumstances.

## Source

- https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_009.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).