Euscorpius flavicaudis

just a quick question has anybody ever seen a Euscorpius flavicaudis for sale, i would like it for my collection seen as how its the only species living in the uk. and is in my opinion a very attractive scorpion

never seen it available in the U.S.

it sucks i could go try find one but even if i did i dont think id have the heart to just keep it, itd be a bit mean lol

most scorps that end up in the hobby are wc - that is until somebody gets some breeding going on and then passes them on and then somebody else breeds them and then they become regular in the hobby. E. flavicaudis is not well documented so it's all in your hands to go find them, breed them, document them in captivity as well as where you found them and the fauna of the area and then send them to us over here stateside so that we can breed them and make them available to the world

true, altho itd mean me travelling a couple o hundred miles lol i may do it one day just go get a few maybe 1 male and a couple of females, it would be nice to own them especaially cuz there a uk inhabitant

well, good luck with your quest.

hmm my quest i like the sound of that makes it seem so official, i may be able to do it i hvae a grood friend who lives on the isle of wight as do the european scorps

do we need to serve you a formal notice that it's now your job - you are securing it as a task with the reasons you keep adding to the list to go to certain areas.

...*laughs*

ok. If I can visit cornwall again some time...I will find a black light...take some tubs...some tongs and gloves...or a mini hoover and catch some!

gloves?

there mainly in the south east of england but i guess it may stretch to cornwall, i think a blacklight n a net wud work well, not to scoop up but just to sort of immobilize them for a few seconds

~Abyss~ wrote:

gloves?

are you asking wht gloves are lol you know those things u wear on your hands,

Eddy doesn't believe in gloves. He's a trooper

~Abyss~ wrote:

gloves?

for digging into crumbling brick work...ewww brick dust up nails. gross *like nails on a chalk board to me*

ahh now i see lol, getting through the brick work would be easy i think seen as how they reportedly chose abbandoned buildings so im guiessing the mortar beween the bricks would be very weak anyway

...and crumbling...and will go up nails *shudders*

I doubt I would be able to catch anything! I cant even catch moths *shudders*

Please...lets not turn this into a "connies fear of" thread hahahaha

Back to topic...........

i wouldnt be that cruel personally cuz ur english we gotta look out for each other were only a lil country, so far the most impressive thing iv ever caught was a millipede and as u may knw u ever find one in england there very very small

Here is some information on the scorpion. http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/e_flavicaudis.htm

Maybe you can try to contact some of the people listed on the bottom of the page?

Regards
Robin

thank you i found that site myself aswell, i think ill just go down to the south east some time n try find a few n breed them if thy do well in captivaty that is, then maybe itl be possible in a couple of years for them to be a popular species in the pet trade

Oregon has similar weird weather, and our similar native scorpions do just fine in captivity. (Euscorpius looks almost identical to Uroctonus, and they both live in temperate damp places.)

i agree with you connie however you must agree it would be very interesting to study them, i think they require similar care to that of emps

it would be very interesting and I would love to have one or a pair at home

Well Graham if you manage to go....catch 4 at least...so I can have two hehehe

no problem, but id get more than that mebe more like 8 maybe 10 i mean i bet there would be some trial and error plus itd be good to have more for breeding purposes, i have been contacting pet shops all day and none of them know anybody in england that breed and sell them so it really is uncharted territory *getting excited* it would be awesome to bring them in and establish them as a common species kept as pets. lol my emp ate 3 locusts yesterday i put one in before i went out then my fiancee put 2 in i fogot to tell her id done it, he ate them all tho, came home to find legs in his mouth lol