I have never seen any in the region either, nor when I visited Armenia some years back.

It depends on the region and time of year. I've seen both snakes and scorpions in the western regions of Armenia. Even caught a look at a wild preying mantis the other week in Kotayk, incredible thing to see. But yeah I think the window for scorpions in particular is quite small. And they tend to be in the really empty, rocky environments. I just think Armenians don't care and are used to it, they won't warn you about it. Safety isn't much of a concern here haha.

Az not so much

What was it that you didn't like?