Adelowalkeria tristygma fifth instar, Obera, Misiones, Argentina,
March 25, 2014, courtesy of Luis Cesar Tejo.
Hi All,
I have been dealing with a bit of sciatica (almost all better now) the last couple of weeks and have also been very, very busy with Saturniidae identifications from Brazil as well as with the development of Brazilian state checklists and Comparison Tables. I neglected to wish everyone a happy Easter. It is a very happy time of year for me. A belated "Happy Easter" to all.
One of my sisters arranged to have flowers sent to my parents in New Jersey. Another sister posted a picture of my parents at the table around the flowers and an Easter cake provided by another sister. It was nice to see my parents smiling. I noticed my father's flannel shirt. I happened to be wearing an identical shirt at the time I viewed the picture. I guess the apple does not fall far from the tree.
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In Canada I am completely sold out of cocoons and pupae.
I shipped cocoons to US WLSS members in late October while I was in New Jersey. As of March 30 I still have the following available for shipping within the US: polyphemus (sold out), promethea (sold out), homogena (some left), cecropia (sold out). That is all that I have available.
Luna are now all sold out with no prospects of getting more.
If you wish to place an order, please include the following three items in your email to me:
1) Complete shipping address
2) Species and quantities desired
3) Your preferred payment method: I can accept personal checks (preferred); International money orders in US funds; Cashier's checks in US funds; Paypal in US funds.
With paypal there is a 4% Paypal transaction fee.
Here is what is left from the Fall 2015 Pricelist:
Agapema homogena $7.50/cocoon; seldom offered; yes; at reduced prices this year as there is a larger supply; seldom offered, nice cocoons
Shipping and handling on all orders within US will be $9.00 whether you order a single item or 100 items, etc.
Smaller orders will be shipped First Class Mail with a tracking number. Larger orders will be shipped Priority.
Do not send any payment until I have confirmed your order.
Bill Oehlke
Box 476
Montague, PE, C0A 1R0
Canada
Check with post office before you mail the payment to make sure you have correct postage. It might even be more than $1.25 by time you are ready to send it.
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Jim Brady has sent great images of all instars and cocoons of Epiphora atbarina from Choba, Kenya. I have posted them on the atbarina page, linked from the Kenya file.
Jim has also provided a beautiful image of a male Rothschildia sandimasiana from Durango, Mexico. He had success rearing them on Ligustrum. I have posted the image to the sandimasiana file. I hope to have images of the larvae soon.
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Ryan St. Laurent indicates that Citheronia sepulcralis is actually quite common in some locales, and it is not limited to eastern coastal states, citing a presence in eastern 2/3 of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, southeastern Ohio, eastern Kentucky, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, southeastern Louisiana and Florida, and also in the Bahamas.
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Quite a few people have requested prices on eggs for 2016. Here is what is anticipated to be available . If you wish to make a request, please help me with my record keeping. I need your complete shipping address in your email to me. I need species and quantities desired. I need to know your payment method in advance, i.e. personal check, cashier's check, paypal. I need to know when you can begin or want to receive eggs.
I ship eggs to Canadian customers in June and sometimes into very early July from PEI. I expect to have Actias luna, Antheraea polyphemus, Dryocampa rubicunda, Hyalophora cecropia, Hyalophora columbia. I will send out personal email notifications to all Canadian WLSS members in early May. Luna and polyphemus and rubicunda eggs are $6.00/dozen; cecropia and columbia eggs are $7.00/dozen. Shipping and handling will depend on your destination. GST or HST will depend upon your destination province. I cannot guarantee that I will be able to ship multiple species in the same packet so there may be S & H charges for each species, but if I can send two or more species in same packet, I will pass the savings on to you regarding the shipping costs. Please note there is a shipping and handling fee of $7.00/species in additional to the price for eggs for all shipping within the US.
I have shipping partners within the United States who ship eggs for me to US customers. We expect to have the following species:
Actias luna at $5.00 US/dozen
I do not have a commitment Arizona species this year so I doubt they wil be available through me.
I do not have a commitment yet for 2016, but often in March and again in late summer or early fall I have the following Texas species available:
Eupackardia calleta at $6.00 US/dozen
Shipping charges are more consistent within US so there will be one flat shipping rate of $7.00/species no matter how many dozen eggs you request of that species.
I do not charge any taxes on US orders. There would be a paypal charge of 4% if you wish to pay by paypal.
If you are interested in any US species not on the list, let me know and I will see if I can make any arrangements. If you wish to become an egg shipper for me,
please send me an email, and I will reply with details of the working arrangement.
Antheraea polyphemus at $5.00 US/dozen
Automeris io at $6.00 US/dozen
Callosamia promethea at $5.00 US/dozen
Citheronia regalis at $7.00 US/dozen
Eacles imperialis at $7.00 US/dozen
Hyalophora cecropia at $6.00 US/dozen
Hyalophora columbia at $6.00 US/dozen
Samia cynthia at $6.00 US/dozen
Rothschildia lebeua forbesiat $6.00 US/dozen
Luna eggs are being shipped from Alabama, March 21, 2016. Polyphemus eggs are also available as of March 21.
I will keep track of egg availablity on this page for late March to mid April.
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I have reduced the number of images displayed in the newsletter to minimize the number of new files on the root directory for the site, but I could not resist posting this image of an Adelowalkeria tristygma larva.
Adelowalkeria tristygma fifth instar, Obera, Misiones, Argentina,
March 25, 2014, courtesy of Luis Cesar Tejo.
I have been receiving a great many beautiful images of live Saturniidae and Sphingidae from Brazil, especially from Sao Paulo and Santa Catarina. I have been quite busy updating checklists for all Brazilian states and in creating pictoral checklists for same. In some cases I have started with my own renderings of species whose images I do not have permission to post.
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Sphingidae Express
Recently received a very nice image of Aellopus fadus from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hope to get it posted soon.
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Catocala Capers
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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 $1.25 (2015 rate) 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.
This website has been created and is maintained by Bill Oehlke without government or institutional financial assistance. All expenses, ie., text reference support material, webspace rental from Bizland and 1&1, computer repairs/replacements, backups systems, software for image adjustments (Adobe Photoshop; L-View), ftp software, anti-virus protection, scanner, etc. are my own. The one-time-life-time membership fee that is charged at the time of the registration covers most of those expenses.
I very much appreciate all the many images that have been sent to me, or of which I have been granted permission to copy and post from other websites. All images on this site remain the property of respective photographers.
If you would like to contribute to the maintenace of this website by sending a contribution to
Bill Oehlke
Box 476
155 Peardon Road
Montague, Prince Edward Island, C0A1R0
Canada
your donation would be much appreciated and would be used for
1) paying for webspace rental;
2) paying for computer maintenance and software upgrades;
3) purchases of additional text reference material (journals and books) in an effort to stay current with new species;
I also hope to expand the North American Catocala site as well as the Sphingidae of the Americas site, to worldwide sites, and that will require additional funds for reference materials, etc. Both of those site are linked from your WLSS homepage.
If you are mailing a check from USA, please use $1.25 postage (2015 rate). Donations can also be made through Paypal via the button below.
Donations are not required to maintain your standing as a WLSS member, nor do they gain you any preferencial treatment with regard to livestock and/or supplies (sleeves), compared to other WLSS members. All WLSS members get first crack at my annual offerings and get an approximate discount of 10% as compared to non-members.
I do usually ask donors if they have any special requests for information on WLSS, and I try to accomodate when appropriate or within my ability to do so.