The most common genera of scorpions found in Saudi Arabia are Androctonus crassicauda and Leiurus quinquestriatus .
Scorpion venom is among the most potent of animal venoms.
Stings by dangerously venomous scorpions do produce serious symptoms and have to be treated. Yet there is no unanimity about the treatment of scorpion sting. The object of the present study was to determine whether all scorpion stings need treatment with antivenom, or whether the cases can be categorized so that asymptomatic ones are not given antivenom. The total number of cases seen were 386, with ages varying from one year to 12 years, the youngest of which was a baby of 10 months. The patients comprised 237 males and 149 females.