Scissor Tails are a type of t-Virus-infected arthropod bearing a resemblance to an earwig. The Scissor Tail attacks by stinging with its scissor-like tail (hence its nickname), retarding its victims with an innate and potentially lethal toxin, or by tackling and then biting the victim repeatedly, which typically induces profuse bleeding. The scissortails are very strong, especially in harder modes. According to a Newspaper article published in Raccoon City, campers encountered one that attacked their hunting dog which spent two weeks in the veterinarian's care after the attack. An Entomologist, Graham Barrows scoffed off the idea of such a creature existing following an interview after the attack.