Chocolate-covered scorpion. View of a chocolate- covered edible scorpion being removed from a vat of chocolate. Scorpions belong to the order Scorpionida. They are nocturnal, feeding on arthropods like beetles and cockroaches. They use a sting on the tip of their tail to paralyse or kill large or struggling prey. As well as scorpion-eating, the eating of insects, entomophagy, occurs all over the world. Scorpions, and insects such as ants, moths and beetles, are good sources of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. This chocolate-covered scorpion is made by the HotLix candy company in California, USA.