Scorpion

The Scorpion is a rare bug that can be found on the ground anywhere in your town between the months of July and September, between the times of 7pm to 4am. It can be sold for 8,000 bells, like the Tarantula.

Catching the Scorpion
It is a harmful insect, meaning that it can cause damage in some way. In this case, if you take out your net or have you net equipped when nearby, it will chase after you running just as fast and will sting you which knocks you out if it catches you, forcing the Player to re-appear in front of their House. To stop it from catching you, try catching it with your net or run towards the nearest open building - such as an empty house, public building or villager house when they are inside. You will scare any villagers you talk to while being chased. They can jump off of cliffs, jump over small walls (like those of a ramp as it slopes down), and walk over holes. To stop these bugs from chasing you, run into a building, or try to catch it. To catch it, take out your net, and run past it. It will chase you, so you must run up to an open space. Here, turn around, and hit it with the net before it reaches you and knocks you out! It sells for 8,000 Bells to Tom Nook, and can be donated to your Museum. The Scorpion's small size also makes it hard to notice if the player is not paying attention, so you must stay alert during the time the Scorpion appears if you want to encounter it without being stung. It also attacks like the Tarantula. Also, the scorpion will always appear around the same area every time you see one, just like the Tarantula. There may be more than one of these areas.

In Wild World
Upon donation to the museum, Blathers the curator will say;

"I've heard that a scorpion can be affected by it's own poison, you know. If so, why carry around such dangerous material? Blech! Foolish wretch... If I walked around with a piano above my head, I'd expect to be squashed, wot!"

After donation, the scorpion can be found on the second tier of the museum, in the same enclosure as the tarantula. The scorpion and tarantula can bee seen battling with each other when both have been donated. The scorpion can be seen shaking it's stinger at the tarantula (once donated), which makes a rattling noise. The tarantula can be heard making a hissing-type noise in return, which might be associated with the insect's defense mechanism of scratching hairs at enemies. They will circle each other, and eventually both jump into the air and collide, then begin their battle again. If the scorpion is donated on its own without the tarantula, it will be aware of the player's presence and shake its stinger at them instead, but never attacking. If the player has the net equipped when walking in the museum (although it won't be visible), sometimes the scorpion will lunge out of its area and chase the player.

In City Folk
Upon donation to the Museum, Blathers the curator will say,

''"...Scorpions are assuredly attention getters. They've got those colors that say, "Stay back! I'm poisonous!" However, it seems only a tiny group of scorpions have venom lethal enough to off you with one sting. Mischievous scorpions that look like highly poisonous ones probably fooled folks into thinking otherwise."''

Encyclopedia Information
In Wild World and City Folk, players can access information about fish and insects in the menu. Regarding the scorpion:

Wild World

 * Size: 160 mm.
 * Season: Summer.
 * Time: Night.
 * Their "tail" is actually part of their stomach.

City Folk

 * Size: About 160 mm.
 * Season: Summer
 * Time: Night
 * Those things that look like tails are actually extensions of their stomachs.