Automerella aurora male, Don Enrique Lodge, Saltos del Mocona, Misiones, Argentina,
courtesy of Luis Cesar Tejo.
Automerella aurora male, Don Enrique Lodge, Saltos del Mocona, Misiones, Argentina,
courtesy of Luis Cesar Tejo.
Hi All,
Rothschildia lebeau forbesi cocoons will be harvested soon in Texas and will be shipped to those who have already requested them. There should be lots to go around, based on preliminary reports, and overwintering Eupackardia calleta cocoons are also expected in good numbers. In Texas there are usually two broods of calleta, but Jeff has found that some of his first brood calleta cocoons are going to overwinter with the second brood cocoons. Rothschildia lebeau forbesi cocoons are also now available from Texas.
I still have some ios and Sphinx poecila (poecila now all gone) for Canadian distribution.
Here is the WLSS Members' Pricelist for WLSS members, updated for November, 2013.
I have made purchases from regular US suppliers in early to mid October. If you have quality cocoons available at wholesale prices, please send me an email.
My supply of luna, io, promethea, polyphemus this year is sufficient for me to lower prices somewhat, and those who ordered cocoons of those species and sent money early (before I became aware of the abundant supply) will receive a slight discount on prices in the form of an extra cocoon or five, depending upon size of order. I also have potential to procure additional cecropia cocoons, but am going to wait until the dust settles before doing so. Prospects for more cecropia are not looking good as of November 16.
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New member Jurgen Vanhoudt of Belgium reports success rearing Nudaurelia krucki on Prunus serotina, P. laurocerasus and Prunus lusitanica. I have added the foodplants to the krucki file.
Jurgen also reports rearing success with Coscinocera hercules on Prunus laurocerasus, and with Automeris naranja on Crataegus. He also adds Automeris patagoniensis accepts (like A. colenon) bamboo species. I kept mine on a Indocalamus. Citheronia beledonon: Juglans (very very good results almost 0% mortality, but this was maybe more because of the hot and dry circumstances in Belgium). Attacus caesar: Ailanthus (same results as on Ligustrum). Adetomeris erythrops: Rubus fruticosus.
December 13, 2013; Jurgen Vanhoudt writes:
"Hi Bill,
"Besides Saturniidae I am very interested in breeding Lasiocampidae and Eupterotidae (worldwide). If members of the WLSS come across females while collecting
moths and wish to sell or exchange eggs, they can contact me at jurgen_vanhoudt@hotmail.com"
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New member Luis Cesar Tejo has granted permission to post his beautiful images from Argentina. He confirms Automerella aurora, for the first time to my knowledge, the presence of Automerella aurora in Argentina.
Automerella aurora male, Don Enrique Lodge, Saltos del Mocona, Misiones, Argentina,
courtesy of Luis Cesar Tejo.
Automerella aurora male, Don Enrique Lodge, Saltos del Mocona, Misiones, Argentina,
courtesy of Luis Cesar Tejo.
For the first time a live male Dirsphia muscosa is displayed on WLSS.
For the first time a live male Copaxa mielkeorum is displayed on WLSS.
Copaxa mielkeorum male, Campo Ramon, Misiones, Argentina,
courtesy of Mariposa Chacra, via Luis Cesar Tejo
Viktor Suter provides many new images of items displayed for the first time on WLSS.
Rothschildia chrisbrechlinae fifth instar, Oxapampa, Pasco, Peru,
2510m, courtesy of Viktor Suter.
Copaxa haxairei courtesy of Viktor Suter.
Marc Fischer has sent images of first and fifth instar Saturnia (Rinaca) japonica arisana larvae from Taiwan. It is the first time that larvae of this subspecies are depicted on WLSS. We hope Marc has continued success and will be able to photograph the adults.
Saturnia (Rinaca) japonica arisana first instars,
Taiwan, courtesy of Marc Fischer.
Saturnia (Rinaca) japonica arisana fifth instars,
Taiwan, courtesy of Marc Fischer.
Congratulations to Uwe Kauz for his success rearing Automeris watsoni on beech, an ew foodplant listing for this species. It is also the first time the female and larva have been depicted on WLSS.
Automeris watsoni male, French Guiana,
reared on beech (Fagus), courtesy of Uwe Kauz.
Automeris watsoni female, French Guiana,
reared on beech (Fagus), courtesy of Uwe Kauz.
Automeris watsoni final instar, French Guiana,
reared on beech (Fagus), courtesy of Uwe Kauz.
Automeris watsoni final instar, French Guiana,
reared on beech (Fagus), courtesy of Uwe Kauz.
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Robert Vuattoux sends very nice images of Actias groenendaeli timorensis, first time depicted on WLSS, and Actias maenas saja.
Actias groenendaeli timorensis male, Timor,
courtesy of Robert Vuattoux
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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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 $1.10 (2013 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
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Montague, Prince Edward Island, C0A1R0
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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;
4) helping to pay my daughter's tuition (She has now completed her B.A. (two years ago) and B. Ed. (this spring) and is certified to teach).
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 $1.10 postage. 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 material on WLSS, and I try to accomodate when appropriate or within my ability to do so.