Hi All,
Since last writing, I have posted a "Question and Answer" response regarding problems with yellowjackets.
I have also posted "Regalis Tips" (done) and "Remay Sleeve" articles (still in progress) in Bill's Articles section.
Chris Conlan is offering Saturnia walterorum cocoons. He has also recently sent me images of Actias dubernardi, posted to that file.
Members are encouraged to share their knowledge, expertise, experience with articles/anecdotes.
To avoid problems with spamming, I do not publish a membership list. If you wish to contact members, the best way to do that is to have them contact you first. Submitting an article is one of the best ways to get that done. Your name and email address will be posted with your article (if you chose), and those members who are interested will be able to contact you.
Kirby Wolfe and I just noticed that the email link to Kirby was for an old email address. Files have been upgraded to reflect Kirby's proper email address in the Kirby Wolfe Saturniidae Collection.
Kirby has also sent me and I have uploaded images of Copaxa lunula, Copaxa medea and Dirphiopsis wolfei.
I am sure Kirby would enjoy hearing from you. C. lunula is a new species.
Right now is very busy time for me with sleeving of larvae. I hope to very shortly, have beautiful images of Rothschildia amoena (sent by Bernhard Wenczel) and rare female of Arsenura thomsoni and the female of Dirphia lemoulti, French Guiana, courtesy of Carlot Didier, up on site.
Contact Thibaud Decaens to get on Thibaud's list for Saturniidae eggs. I just recently posted some of his offerings in the eggs available section. I think Thibaud may have had some computer problems, resulting in loss of previous list, so drop him an email if you want on his mailing list.
John Cisecki recently sent me drawings of Leucanella saturata and Rothschildia zacateca. They are on display in Members' Sidelines section.
Kathleen Hawkins has also sent me an article about cecropia with beautiful images. Hope to have that up by end of month.
I am looking for missing copies of the "Mothly Newsletter" for the months of December 2002, and May, June and July of 2002. If any of you have copies of those mailouts in your email files, please send copies back to me so I can archive them on the membership site.
Patrick Marceau is offering the following cocoons for sale:
Eupackardia calleta: $8 US each
Hyalophora gloveri: $5 US each
Attacus atlas: $5 US each
Gonimbrasis tyrreha: $8 US each
Citheronia regalis: $8 US each
Saturnia pyri: $7 US each
Saturnia pavonia: $7 US each
Actias luna: $4 US each
Graellsia isabella: $20 US each
Hyalophora columbia: $8 US each
Contact Patrick at patrick.marceau@sympatico.ca
Louise Dawson has some silkworm eggs she would like to see go to a good home. Eggs are usually viable for up to five years. Contact Louise at Louise@jjcardinal.com
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Membership continues to grow and I now archive all editions of the "Mothly Newsletter" on site. That may provide an interesting historical overview of the site's development and will allow new members to "catch up" on things they might have missed.
I also found a few of the older ones from 2002 and posted those as well.
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Save your empty cocoons for Carol Neeves. She works with the silk and would like all the empties you can send her. Carol has just set me a write up with pictures to show what she does with the silk (now posted in Members' Articles section).
Neeves, Carol, 1609 Ponderosa Drive, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57103
CANeeves@aol.com
Janet Hightower is also looking for empty cocoons. She is doing a project on making rattles out of cocoons, and promises us some images and an article after she makes some noisemakers.
Janet Hightower, 1319 Ahlrich Avenue, Encinitas, California 92024 janet@scripps.edu
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Have a good season.
Help wanted: I am putting together a membership North
American Butterfly Site. The introduction is at
http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/ButterflyIntro.htm
I am seeking high quality jpg mages of adult butterflies and their
larvae. I have a good start, having just scanned 300 slides from Leroy
Simon and also have received some beautiful images from Steve Graser
and promises of many to comes from Jim Snyder.
Membership in "Caterpillars Too" will $10.00 U.S. for members of WLSS.
This rate will be in effect until December 31, 2003. Free membership to
those who can supply high quality images of species not on site.
My Sphingidae of the Americas Site at http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/usatable.htm and my Catocala website at http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/catocala.html are on rented webspace. If you offer dried specimens for sale or operate some other Moth/Butterfly Enterprise and would like to sponsor those sites via an annual rate of $5.00/main page for each page ($1.00 for individual species) that your banner and link to your email and site are posted, please let me know. Both sites get much traffic.
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