Species in Spain?

Hello guys,

Well I normally go out to Spain alot tbh.. So I was wondering what species are fairly common other there? Is there many species?

just helped "Gramps" with hte same question sept it was australia with him lol

On the scorpion fauna website they have an origins section whereu can look at what countries have what scorps, here's spain: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/eycb/scorpions/AEEspagne.htm

Oh awesome thanks lol, its legal to bring back inverts that aren't endangered I thought aye?

I thought if I found a couple, it could be an idea to bring a couple back possibly? Not many obviously.

to be honest i have no idea lol you would probably be better asking one of the admins, i suppose if its non DWA it wouldnt be as bad.

Aye obviously non DWA mate, just thought if I found a couple and could ID them it could be an idea to bring some back possibly.

aye, but liek i said i dont know how much gip you would get in if they were found probably not much, mibi if u stashed them in a shoe n say they mustve crawled in there durin the night lol

A friend of mine came back, found a large Scolopendra in his suitcase and he didn't know he had anything in there lol.

I dunno if I'd try, just an idea

ill take a giant scolopenra over a scorp likes but that just me, still love scorps dinnae worry lol, lucky he found it and the scolopendra didnt find him lol would be like "welcome back" and then u have a fat hand and an armoured snake runnin under the floorboards lol

I've got plenty of Scolopendra here tbh lol, after more Scorps

you keep scolopedras aswell like or do you live in a country where they live in the wild?

You generally dont find many wild Scolopendra in the UK, now do you mate LOL..

I keep them

aye u do the wee ones lol, well it doesnae say in ur avatar where ur from lol, if any of ur scolo's have kids, lemme know

LOL, I've got several mated females I'll post an update on here if I get any pedelings

braw!! always wanted a scolo but never had the room but im gettin rid of my phasmids so ive got some room that needs filled lol and if i was to get a baby i could get more used to keepin them as it grows rather than gettin a smaller species then having to spend cash to upgrade later on lol

Lol, I have some pedes for swap/sale atm.. If you want rid of a couple of your Heterometrus petersii let me know. Got a few sp I'd swap for some

yeah maybe, thing is i dunno how to get them boxed up for shipping lol but that would be good like, how big are the ones for swap?

Pmed you mate

The-Scorp-Whisperer wrote:

aye u do the wee ones lol, well it doesnae say in ur avatar where ur from lol, if any of ur scolo's have kids, lemme know

surely you could tell from all the "aye"ing LOL!
no its not legal to bring any into the uk from any other country unless you have permission (like a supplier for a pet shop or something) but if you do accidentally drop some into your suitcase please dont post about it here (if you have a problem or question about them then say you bought them!)
i honestly think you would mostly find buthids which you wont be able to keep if you do bring back... i would guess there may be some euscorpius species though and them you wouldnt be i much trouble about...and i think there are some other non buthids but they all tend to be small fast things...
best stop talking about illegaly smuggling scorps now or the thread may be closed...

Ok it was just an idea, thanks anyways. I'll prob go looking and just take pics etc then

_scorpio_ wrote:

no its not legal to bring any into the uk from any other country unless you have permission . . .
best stop talking about illegaly smuggling scorps now or the thread may be closed...

Thank you scorpio. More or less what I was about to say.

As for legally importing things, check with the department of fish and wildlife (or equivalent) for the relevant countries. You would probably need some special paperwork to legally declare them at customs.

(I emailed the USDFW about importing / exporting scorps and they directed me to all the necessary paperwork, but it's not really useful for the average traveler.)

Scorpio that doesnt really make sense because its legal for you to ship scorpions in the mail to the UK from orther EU countries..

Well, still, it's best to go through the legal channels rather than smuggling something in your luggage.

^^ agreed!
honestly it's probably better to go for a photo hunt, and get any scorps you can through postal services...i know catching them and bringing them home would be a massive thrill, but maybe check with customs or something and find out what the rules are. there are probably lists of what can and can't be brought back in a plane through normal customs...
and alternately there could be a few hoops to jump through that make it possible!
if you check you might find out it's fine to bring back one or two non DWA species...
just theorising but maybe go to the customs website wherever that is and check.