Hi All,
I am taking orders for cocoons and pupae and still have a nice inventory of the species listed below.
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.
The following species are now available for fall and winter sales, while supplies last, to US and overseas destinations:
Actias luna, $4.50
Antheraea polyphemus, $4.75
Automeris io, $4.50
Callosamia promethea, $4.50
Eacles imperialis, $16.00/pair
Hyalophora cecropia, $6.50
Hyalophora columbia gloveri, $6.50
Samia cynthia are not available at this time, but check in periodically here (Mothly Newsletters), or advise by email that you want them, as they are expected later in the season, but no guarantees.
Pupae of the following butterfly species are also available:
Papilio (Pterourus) troilus, spicebush swallowtail, $4.25
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.
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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.
In Canada this year I only have the following still available:
Antheraea polyphemus at $4.75 and Actias luna at $4.50, plus S & H plus 5% GST.
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While doing a recent internet search for additional information about Saturnia (Rinaca) jonasi fukudai, I encountered a recently posted Flickr (Yahoo) website, featuring images posted by Bettaman. Below are three samples of the images and data posted on the Flickr site.
I will be updating the entire Taiwan section with Bettaman images and data. It will probably take a week or so to complete the update. This is first time a female Actias neidhoeferi has been posted on WLSS.
Saturnia (Rinaca) thibeta okurai female, Fushan Botanical Gardens, Yilan County, Taiwan,
December 5, 2010, 700m, courtesy of Bettaman.
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Uwe kauz has sent an image of a live female Copaxa garciorum from Mexico. It is first time an adult of this recently described species is dispalyed on WLSS.
Copaxa garciorum female, Mexico, courtesy of Uwe Kauz.
Andred Brunschwiler has provided a new host for Caio richardsoni.
Caio richardsoni fifth instar on Tilia,
Oaxaca, Mexico, August 2011, courtesy of Andre Brunschwiler.
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Horst Kach has sent beautiful images of a live male Polythysana cinerascens as well as images of second and third instar larvae.
Polythysana cinerascens male, Temuco, Araucania, Chile,
March 26, 2011, courtesy of Horst Kach.
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For the first time on WLSS a live Copiopteryx semiramis montei male is depicted.
Copiopteryx semiramis montei male, Feira Nova do Maranhao, Maranhao, Brazil,
October 30, 2011, courtesy of Elyana Joerke, via husband Carlos Mielke.
This is also the first time, to my knowledge, this subspecies has been reported from Maranhao.
For the first time on WLSS a live Rhescyntis reducta male is depicted.
Rhescyntis reducta male, Feira Nova do Maranhao, Maranhao, Brazil,
October 30, 2011, courtesy of Elyana Joerke, via husband Carlos Mielke.
For the first time on WLSS a live Periga occidentalis is depicted.
Periga occidentalis male, Las Tangaras Lodge, El Carmen area, Antioquia, Colombia,
September 6, 2011, courtesy of Leif Gabrielsen, id and digital repair by Bill Oehlke.
For the first time on WLSS a live Heniocha marnois is depicted.
Heniocha marnois male, Kwazulu Natal Midlands, South Africa,
November 24, 2011, Via Daniel Marlos of What's That Bug, id by Bill Oehlke
For the first time on WLSS a live Heniocha dyops is depicted. Note brown abdomen.
Heniocha dyops male, Thakadu Game Farm, Ghanzi, Botswana,
February 2, 2006, courtesy of Muir.
For the first time on WLSS a live Caio harrietae is depicted, and a suspected presence in Jorupe National Park, Loja, Ecuador, is confirmed by Pia Oberg.
Caio harrietae, Urruca Lodge, Jorupe National Park, Loja, Ecuador,
February 17, 2011, courtesy of Pia Oberg.
Arsenura batesii batesii male, Copalinga Lodge, Bombuscaro, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador,
February 24, 2011, courtesy of Pia Oberg.
Alan Marson has sent images of first instar Automeris escalantei larvae, second or third generation stock being reared on Rubus fruticosus, Blackberry/Bramble, a new foodplant listing for this species.
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Sphingidae Express
I continue to receive many outstanding Sphingidae images and have created many county pictoral checklists for both larvae and adult Sphingidae.
Robert Behrstock has sent a very nice picture of Hemeroplanes triptolemus from Karanambu, Guyana.
Hemeroplanes triptolemus, Karanambu, Guyana,
courtesy of Robert Behrstock, id by Bill Oehlke.
Edna Woodward has sent beautiful images of Sphinx sequoiae in flight.
Sphinx sequoiae, Wolf Creek, Josephine County, Oregon,
July 16, 2011, courtesy of Edna Woodward.
Sphinx sequoiae, Wolf Creek, Josephine County, Oregon,
July 16, 2011, courtesy of Edna Woodward.
Catocala Capers
Tm Taylor of Saskatchewan has sent me nice images (recto and verso) of Catocala luciana, a first for Tim, and also images (recto and verso) of catocala amatrix, not only a first for Tim, but also a first for Saskatchewan. He went to Willow Bunch and Bengough, in south central Saskatchewan to get them. Both species are poplar and willow feeders, so it is surprising Tim did not see them in previous collecting area further north in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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