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Hi All,
Vernon Brou recently alerted me of the passing of Ed Knudson of Houston, Texas, on Sunday or Monday, December 1-2. Ed had sent me many images of spread Saturniidae from around the world that he and Charles Bordelon had collected. Ed was reportedly on his way to a collecting trip in Alamo, Texas when he passed.
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In Canada I am now sold out of all cocoons except for about twenty Antheraea polyphemus available at $6.00 CDN plus postage plus HST or GST.
In the US, we still have polyphemus and imperialis pairs that can be shipped from Ohio; polyphemus and Colorado Agapema homogena that can be shipped from Maine; polyphemus and Eupackardia calleta that can be shipped from Texas.
Possibly we will hold off on shipping any more calleta until spring as they might not tolerate subfreezing temperatures. Exceptions could be made to shipping to southern states.
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Sphingidae Express
I am working on posting new files for recently described Sphingidae. Right now Adhemarius antonkozlovi is getting my attention. I think this species possibly replaces or is sympatric with Adhemarius mexicanus in Veracruz, Mexico. The holoptype for mexicanus is in Santiago Comaltepe, cOaxaca, not too far from the HT location of antonkozlovi. DNA barcoding might be necessary to distinguish between the two species.
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Catocala Capers
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