Callosamia promethea female, eastern USA,
courtesy of Viktor Suter and Bernhard Wenczel.
Hi All,
Actias luna cocoons (about 35 of them) were recently shipped from Alabama, from eggs deposited late March or early April. There may be more luna cocoons in early June. Email me if you are interested.
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May you all have success with your own moth experiences in 2017. Here on Prince Edward Island, I usually don't even start to take my breeding stock out of cold storage until after Mothers' Day.
In addition to the price of the eggs, in the USA there will be one shipping and handling fee of $8.00 for each egg packet shipped as I have to pay my egg shippers for their efforts and expenses, and I am going to keep some money for myself after paying taxes on profits.
My US shipping partners keep some eggs from each batch that they ship for quality control. If the control eggs fail to hatch, customers will get refunds or replacements. Eggs of most species hatch within twelve days of deposition. Some species like io, cecropia, colombia can take 18-20 days. Please let me know immediately (within twenty days of deposition date) if there seems to be a problem with the eggs you have received.
I do not offer refunds for eggs that have died in transit due to postal delays or for larvae that fail to survive on the foodplants that you offer, but if control eggs have also failed to hatch, you will receive replacements or refund.
USA prices with payment in US dollars to US destinations (don't forget the additional S & H fee of $8.00 for each species):
Actias luna $5.50/dozen
Antheraea polyphemus $5.50/dozen
Automeris io $6.00/dozen
Callosamia promethea $5.50/dozen
Callosamia securifera $7.00/dozen; only maybe on this species as often females are skittsh and hard to pair
Citheronia regalis $8.00/dozen
Dryocampa rubicunda $5.50/dozen (maybe)
Eacles imperialis $8.00/dozen
Hyalophora cecropia $6.00/dozen
Hyalophora colombia $7.00/dozen (maybe)
Samia cynthia $6.00/dozen
Don't forget the shipping fee of $8.00 for all species being shipped by my shipping partners from within the US to US destinations.
If you are in the US and anticipate having Saturniidae eggs this spring/summer and would like to become one of my US shipping partners, please send me a personal email and let me know what US species you anticipate you will have for shipping. There are no taxes that I have to charge customers for eggs shipped within US, but there is approximate 5% Paypal fee on total order if you will be using Paypal as your payment method. That is currently built into the prices listed above.
Canadian prices with payment in Canadian dollars to destinations within Canada:
Please note shipping charges will vary depending upon you postal code. The amount of GST or HST that I have to collect will also vary depending upon your province. Shipping charges, taxes and Paypal transaction fees are in addition to the egg prices listed below:
Actias luna $5.50/dozen
Antheraea polyphemus $5.50/dozen
Callosamia promethea $5.50/dozen
Dryocampa rubicunda $5.50/dozen
Hyalophora cecropia $6.50/dozen
Hyalophora columbia $6.50/dozen
Samia cynthia $5.50/dozen
There is also the possibility of Eacles imperialis pini at $7.00/dozen and Automeris io at $7.00/dozen, but they would depend upon availability from a shipping partner in Ontario. All prices for Canadian livestock are in Canadian dollars. I am now able to receive interac payments from customers in Canada. This is a speedy way of doing business, and is often less expensive than Paypal.
Overseas shipping would be exclusively the first seven species mentioned for Canada. Possibly I will also have Anisota virginiensis eggs in July.
I deal only with livestock of North American species (Canada, USA). If you have requests for other Canada/US species not listed above, let me know your interests and I will try to find a source.
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I began taking stock out of cold storage May 13, 2017:
about twenty undersized polyphemus cocoons for school display: four polyphemus eclosed June 8. One female paired with a wild male during wee hours of the morning,
June 9.
two large luna
two large polyphemus
one cecropia
eight Cp
five Sc
I have continued to take cocoons out of cold storage, including Hyalophora columbia, a couple every other day until May 23 and will take out a couple luna and a couple polyphemus out on May 24, 25. I will be travelling May 26-May 29 and probably will not be able to access computer while I am away. I anticipate being able to ship eggs to Canadian customers from mid June, possibly into very early July.
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For the first time on WLSS a live male Hidripa perdix is posted, courtesy of Americo Chini, Alfredo Wagner, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Callosamia promethea female, eastern USA,
courtesy of Viktor Suter and Bernhard Wenczel.
I am also updating Othorene purpurascens file with fourth and fith instars, courtesy of Bernhard and Viktor.
Some are sceptics, and possibly with good reason, of the many new Saturniidae names put forward since the advent of DNA lepidoptera barcoding in 2008, but the larvae of Automeris parafera from Puno, Peru, is very different from the larva of Automeris pomifera even though the adult moths are very similar in appearance. Bernhard Wenczel has sent live images of the male, female, and larva (below) of A. parafera.
Automeris parafera eighth instar,
Puno, Peru, courtesy of Viktor Suter and Bernhard Wenczel
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For the first time on WLSS, live Automeris peigleri male and female are depicted from Mexico courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel and Viktor Suter.
Ryan Saint Laurent also provides images of spread males and females of A. peigleri.
For the first time on WLSS live Automeris parafera male and female and final instar from Puno, Peru, are depicted on WLSS courtesy of Bernhard and Viktor.
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Sphingidae Express
Pachysphinx modesta eggs are being offered from Ohio to US destinations, May 23.
Callosamia promethea, Antheraea polyphemus, Hyalophora cecropia eggs are being shipped from Ohio, June 2-3.
For first time on Sphingidae of the Americas a live Aellopos ceculus is depicted from Massaranduba, Santa Catarina, Brazil, courtesy of Joao Amarildo Ranguetti, June 4, 2017.
Bill Garthe has confirmed Pachysphinx modesta from both Bureau and Lasalle counties in northern Indiana in late May early August.
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Catocala Capers
Ricky Patterson recently alerted me to another new Catocala species described in US by Kons and Borth in 2015-2016. I have created and posted files for Catocala bastropi from Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. This species is very similar to Catocala louiseae and replaces louiseae in the states mentioned. I am in process of updating state checklists to reflect the changes.
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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.
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Box 476
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