Titaea tamerlan tamerlan male, Materlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
February 2, 2012, courtesy of Roy MacIntyre, id by Bill Oehlke
Hi All,
I am taking orders for cocoons and pupae, and I still have a nice inventory of the species listed at bottom of this page.
My egg prices for 2012 and ordering information are posted via the following link: Saturniidae Eggs, 2012.
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Fresh luna and polyphemus eggs are available from Alabama as of March 26. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kirby Wolfe writes, "Our Giant Silkmoths book is finally being delivered from Amazon.com in the U.S. In Europe it has been selling very well and is being translated into German. It is now no.2 of Insect & Spider books for Amazon Canada, and it hasn't even been released there yet. Here's the URL for the U.S.: http://www.amazon.com/The-Giant-Silkmoths-Mimicry-Camouflage/dp/1906506256/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332781819&sr=1-1
"I imagine many of your members would be interested in this book, which is large coffee table format with over 100 color photos of live saturniids, and is very reasonably priced. The reviews in Great Britain, where it has been available since early November, have been filled with superlatives."
I (Bill Oehlke) have read some commentary on the new book, and it has all been very good. Check it out!.
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If this is Titaea tamerlan tamerlan, it is first time a live specimen of that subspecies has been depicted on WLSS.
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I have received my copies of the Entomo Satsphingia journals from Frank Meister and have been quite busy creating new files and moving some images around. I have now created new files, based on 2008-2011 DNA barcoding results, for most of the Arsenurinae, Saturniinae, Hemileucinae, and will soon do same for the Ceratocampinae (most file created now, working on image relocation).
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Sphingidae Express
Carlos Marzano has sent some images of Sphingidae and Saturniidae from Cordoba, Argentina. This is first time a live Neogene reevei is displayed on Sphingidae of the Americas website.
Neogene reevei, Villa Amancay, Cardoba, Argentina,
December 20, 2007, courtesy of Carlos Marzano.
Catocala Capers
Larry Gall of Connecticut writes:
"Hi Bill,
"This spring I'm rearing several dozen species of Catocala for research purposes, and I have some surplus eggs that I'd be happy to offer free to those using your site (first come, first served). I can offer varying quantities of eggs of angusi, cara, coccinata, connubialis, lacrymosa, piatrix, meskei at this time. If anyone has eggs that they would like to exchange, I would also welcome that. Best wishes, Larry"
Lawrence F. Gall, Ph.D.
Head, Computer Systems Office
Informatics Manager, Entomology
Executive Editor, Peabody Publications
Lepidoptera Section Editor, Zootaxa
Peabody Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 208118, Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520-8118 USA
http://www.peabody.yale.edu
phone: 1-203-432-9892
FAX: 1-203-432-9816
I am hoping that some of you will take Larry up on this outstanding offer. Catocala species overwinter in the egg stage, and many of you might very much enjoy the rearing experience and having moths emerge in late spring or summer. I would also love to see and post digital images of eggs, larvae, cocoons and emerged moths to the Catocala site.
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Please be sure to includes species, quantities, your shipping address and method of payment in any enquiries/requests that you send to me at Bill Oehlke.
January 2012 specials
I have extra overwintering promethea and cecropia cocoons available at $4.00 US and $6.00 US, respectively.
Also available are overwintering Antheraea polyphemus at
$5.00.
One shipping and handling fee of $8.00 for shipments to US destinations. More for S & H to overseas countries. Cocoons to be shipped from New Hampshire after
receipt of payment by personal check or Paypal. Always get confirmation of availability before sending payment.
All parcels to US destinations will be $8.00 for S & H whether you order a single item or fifty items, etc. S & H for overseas orders will depend upon size of order and location. Do not send payment until your request has been confirmed. When making a request, please be sure to include all of the following:
1) your complete name and shipping address
2) list of species and quantities desired
3) email address in text of message to me
4) specify your planned method of payment:
a) personal check, preferred for all US orders
b) International bank or postal money order in US funds
c) Paypal in US dollars which will include approximate increase in costs by 7% to cover 4% Paypal transaction fee and 3% currency conversion fee.
All orders to US destinations will be shipped either from New Hampshire from November until very early spring while supplies last.
If you have a surplus of overwintering livestock of North American Saturniidae species that you would be willing to sell to me in bulk at wholesale prices, please let me know, Bill Oehlke. I am very interested in obtaining lunas.
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Please note: I reside in Canada at the following address and payment for Saturniidae livestock (eggs, cocoons, pupae) and/or sleeves must be sent to me only at this address:
Bill Oehlke
Box 476
155 Peardon Road
Montague, Prince Edward Island, C0A 1R0
Canada
Postage from USA to Canada is $0.79 so please use that amount on your envelope with your payment.
If you are in US and order cocoons or pupae from me this fall or winter, you will probably see a New Jersey return address on the shipping box. Do not send payment to the New Jersey address; send it to name and address above please.
I am now completely sold out in Canada.