Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All!
I am sending you Christmas wishes a little early this season, just in case you would like to receive copies of the North American CD and/or the World's Largest Saturniidae Site CD for yourself in time for Christmas. Each one is $15.00 U.S.
Price includes postage and a personalized opening page on the CD.
My mailing address is
Bill Oehlke
Box 476, 155 Peardon Road
Montague, Prince Edward Island
Canada C0A 1R0
These would have to be gifts to yourself as only members are eligible to receive the CDs. I also need an email statement that you will not share the CD or make copies other than to your own hard drive (recommended).
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If you would like to give someone a lifetime gift membership to the WLSS, the special Christmas/birthday price is $25.00 U.S. unitl the end of December. This has proven popular in the past! Details at
http://www.insectcompany.com/silkmoth/birthday.htm
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Many thanks to Clive Pratt of the Insect Company which hosts our site. The Insect Company is a supplier of fine quality specimens to collectors, etc.
Clive is currently based in England and will probably begin offering livestock in the near future. Yeah!
Visit Clive's Site, The Insect Company, at
http://www.insectcompany.com/insectcompany.htm
for an extensive selection of dried specimens.
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Since I am sold out for the season, I have turned the livestock section of websites over to my father who is offering regalis pupae and some interesting Sphingidae and butterflies as well as many Saturniidae.
Checkout his offerings at
http://www.insectcompany.com/silkmoth/livestock.htm
Supplies are going fast and this may be the last month that many species are available.
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My father is currently short on lunas and cecropias and would like to purchase large quantities of them at wholesale prices ($2.00 lunas; $3.00 cecropia). If you have any at those prices, please contact Don Oehlke at gamster28@hotmail.com
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I will be offering eggs again in the spring and will probably post price lists in March.
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Teemu Klemetti sent me a nice habitat picture and some range data for peninsular Malaysia.
View at
http://www.insectcompany.com/silkmoth/khMalaysia.htm
I have updated the following files: Attacus atlas, Archaeottacus edwardsi, Archaeoattacus staudingeri, Samia insularis, Samia kohlli, Actias maenas diana, Actias selene, Loepa megacore, Loepa sikkima, Cricula elaezia, Cricula trifenestrata, Caligula thibeta, Antheraea (Antheraeopsis) youngi, Antheraea (Antheraea) broschi, Antheraea (Antheraea) ulrichbroschi, Antheraea (Antheraea) helferi borneensis, Antheraea (Antheraea) lampei, Antheraea (Antheraea) larissa ridlyi, Antheraea (Antheraea) platessa platessa, Antheraea (Antheraea) rosieri, Antheraea (Antheraea) roylii and Lemaireia loepoides.
Flight time (clock and seasonal) is very useful information. If you have data not currently on site, please forward it to me.
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Bernhard Wenczel sent me images of Loxolomia johnsoni larvae by Viktor Suter. I have recently reworked all of the Arsenurinae files and have included the johnsoni images. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Thibaud Decaens has sent me beautiful images of Automeris amanda limpida female and larva from Peru, Actias sinensis male (stunning) and larva from China, Dirphia avia male and larva from Colombia Copaxa decrescens male, female and larva from Panama Periphoba nigra female and larvae (not previously depicted) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Manel Moreno of Spain has just sent me beautiful images of fifth instar larvae of Eacles imperialis magnifica not previously depicted, Actias dubernardi and a nice image of a male Attacus caesar. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I am still looking to purchase quantities of polyphemus cocoons at $2.00. Please let me know if you can supply any at those prices. I still need 100-150 more.
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I have completed upgrades to Arsenurinae subfamily and should have the Attacinae files updated before I do mailouts of the CD. The Ceratocampinae and Hemileucinae will be done sometime in the new year. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Please have a look at Members' Wish List every so often as you might be able to make someone's day!
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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
North American Saturniidae cd available to members only at $15.00 U.S. which includes postage. State by state listings, pooled images for each species. Saves you airtime if that is an issue. Please note, this IS NOT the cd of the World's Largest Saturniidae Site which I hope to have ready for Christmas, but it does feature all of the North American species with county by county distribution maps. It is a real bargain at the price. I am sure you will be pleased.
Contract agreement is that copies of North American Saturniidae cd will not be distributed or copied for sale or redistribution by recipients.
I am going into diapause now at least til mid January.
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