Live creatures, insects and invertebrates
For Live creatures, insects and invertebrates, carrier is Royal Mail / Parcelforce; restriction type is restricted; scope is Royal Mail only; prohibited by Parcelforce Worldwide; conditions is Live animals and reptiles are prohibited; permitted creatures include bees, caterpillars, cockroaches, crickets, earthworms, leeches, maggots, mealworms, silkworms, spiders and stick insects; items must be marked URGENT - LIVING CREATURES - HANDLE WITH CARE and sent 1st Class minimum, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.
- Item category
- Live creatures, insects and invertebrates verified
- Carrier
- Royal Mail / Parcelforce our reading
- Restriction type
- restricted our reading
- Scope
- Royal Mail only; prohibited by Parcelforce Worldwide our reading
- Conditions
- Live animals and reptiles are prohibited; permitted creatures include bees, caterpillars, cockroaches, crickets, earthworms, leeches, maggots, mealworms, silkworms, spiders and stick insects; items must be marked URGENT - LIVING CREATURES - HANDLE WITH CARE and sent 1st Class minimum. verified
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What the source says
Live animals and reptiles are prohibited, as are any creatures or insects classified as dangerous within the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 (including certain venomous spiders).
— corporate.postoffice.co.uk, retrieved 2026-08-10
Source
- corporate.postoffice.co.ukhttps://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/media/w5dlus1c/foia-response_foi2025_00179_appendix-d_rm-dangerous-goods-and-prohibited-and-restricted.pdf