Automeris larra male, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
October 22, 2016, courtesy of Geraldo Salgado.
Hi All,
Merry Christmas, Happy New Years, Happy holidays to all.
No big snowfalls yet this season on PEI, but we have had some very cold days.
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Completely sold out in Canada. For USA delivery we still have cocoons of the following species: luna and polyphemus and cynthia reduced to $5.00/cocoon. That is it for the cocoons!
We do have a small number of Sphingidae pupae left: Pachysphinx modesta at $12.00/pair. All prices are in US dollars. There is one shipping and handling fee of $9.00 no matter how many items you order.
As always, please send complete shipping address, specify species and quantities desired, indicate payment method, but do not send payment until your order has been confirmed by me. I am expecting the remaining cocoons and pupae to sell out quickly and probably before the end of January everything will be sold out.
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Updating the WLSS with all the new designations is a very time consuming chore, but it is also exciting. Recently six species have been documented as new for the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southeastern Brazil, courtesy of Geraldo Salgado: Copiopteryx semiramis phoenix, Dysdaemonia fosteri, Rhescyntis hermes, Rothschildia arethusa, Rothschildia lutea, Schausiella arpi. I will be updating those files very soon. In most cases both recto and verso images will be posted.
The following moth is quite similar to Automeris larra, but it is very light in colour and the forewing apex seems more pointed than rounded. it might be a subspecies or something new.
Automeris larra male, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
October 22, 2016, courtesy of Geraldo Salgado.
Automeris lauroia female, Sobradinho, Federal District, Brazil,
December 21, 2017, courtesy of Flavia Lacerda.
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Rainer Marx continues to provide images from areas previously unexplored. I think he has captured several species new to science as well as other species rarely seen in collections. The most recent set of images comes from high elevations in Amazonas, Peru. I hope to wor on them over the next couple of weeks after the holiday season settles.
Frank Steiger and Toni Kasiske continue to provide interesting images from Oxapampa, Pasco, Peru.
In October Seth Ausbel sent me some nice images from Canopy Tower, Panama, Panama. One of them may be an undescribed Hylesia species.
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I am awaiting the delivery of three new (2017) Entomo Satsphingia journals covering recently described Saturniidae. I will update the WLSS with files for the new species when the journals arrive.
I still have many photos to post from Bernhard Wenczel, Bart Coppens, Matt Curtis, etc.. I will get around to them when I have more time.
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Sphingidae Express
I recently received a digital image of what I believe is a Lintneria justiciae larva from Brazil. I will post shortly
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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 (2017 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 (2017 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.