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Posted by: Snake Archer
Halo 2 Scarab was an excavation model. It appeared because Regret was expecting to dig for Forerunner artefacts.
Halo Wars, Reach and Halo 3 Scarab was the combat model.
This.
Also, Bungie most likely felt that the player should be able to actually combat the scarab instead of waiting for it to walk along some walkways and jump on. Every move of the Halo 2 scarab was scripted, whereas the Halo 3 scarabs have an AI to walk around the battlefield and shoot. It is for this reason that you can actually fight them.
Also, Bungie have commented that the halo 2 Scarab "looked like a shopping basket. it even had the handle" or something along those lines, so I am pretty sure they were unhappy with the aesthetics of the Halo 2 Scarab and wanted to revamp it for Halo 3.