Hi All,
I am now completely sold out of livestock in Canada. I have retained luna, polyphemus, cecropia and columbia as breeding stock along with some female Sphingidae pupae.
In the US for shipping to US destinations and overseas, Bonnie (US shipping partner) has the following:
luna at $4.00 (less than one hundred remaining),
promethea at $4.00 (twenty remaining as of March 4),
spicebush swallowtails at $3.75 (only ten left).
There are also a limited number (one left) of Eacles oslari pupae left at $7.00/pupa.
For all US destinations there is one shipping and handling fee of $10.00 (now includes delivery confirmation). For overseas, shipping charges will depend on your location and size of order.
Please always send your complete shipping address in any emails where you are placing or enquiring about an order. Do not send money until your order has been confirmed by email.
I am offering a special on luna cocoons for orders of ten or more at 3.75, twenty or more luna cocoons at 3.50/cocoon plus S & H while supplies last. Same discounts for spicebush swallowtails.
I have also been recently alerted to availability of approximately 35 Hyalophora cecropia cocoons from Alabama. They would be shipped separate from the other species mentioned above at $6.00 US/cocoon.
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Good idea to check the Bad Traders Reports periodically as I am sure the occurence of fraud is only going to become more prevalant in the future.
Member Ryan St. Laurent sent me an email he received from a bad character.
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Alan Marson has sent images of eggs and first four instars of Actias isia. He is having some success rearing them on Eucalyptus gunnii. This marks first time the early instars of this species have been depicted on WLSS.
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Carlos Marzano has sent me images of a live Molippa eophila male (first for WLSS, and a first for Cordoba Province, Argentina) and a male Rothschildia maurus, also from Cordoba.
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Chris Conlan has just sent a beautiful image of a live male Rothschildia condor from Argentina. Chris also sends an image of a fifth instar larva. This is first time a live adult of this species has been depicted on WLSS.
Nigel Venters has sent many digital images of Saturniidae from Calilegua, Jujuy Province, in northern Argentina. Although some of the images are not of typical display quality, they verify presence, not previously reported, in Jujuy Province. Species included in recent submissions are Dysdaemonia fosteri, Leucanella contempta, Rothschildia condor, Dirphia cadioui, Copaxa flavina miranda, Paradirphia oblita impunctata ??, Neorcarnegia bispinosa ??, Rothschildia maurus.
Nigel has also sent images of fifth instar and pupa of Rothschilida condor, a first for WLSS.
Rothschildia condor, fifth instar,
Tafe de Valle, Tucuman, Argentina, 2000m, courtesy of Nigel Venters.
Steve Ife has sent a beautiful image of an Argema mittrei female.
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Renco Smeelen has sent additional images of Samia insularis. This time he has sent images of females, eggs and cocoon, completing the pictoral life cycle for this species.
Samia insularis female, Barat Province, Java, courtesy of Renco Smeelen.
Sphingidae Express
Paul Johnson continues to send beautiful images of Sphingidae from his area. This is first time I am able to post images of live Proserpinus clarkiae on Sphingidae of the Americas website.
Arctiidae Art
Kirby Wolfe indicates he will be sending me many electronic images of Arctiidae from Costa Rica. I will shortly begin construction of a worldwide Arctiidae site. Those who wish to contribute images of adults and/or larvae or any other stages are welcome to do so. All images that I use remain the property of respective photographers.
I am working on creating the text files and orgainizing names at this stage. It will probably be after Christmas that I do first posting.
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Catocala Capers
Andrew Timchenko of Moscow, Russia writes, "I would like to exchange with anyone who can offer a good variety of Catocala and next some other moths of Nearctica. I can offer everything I keep in my stocks (unfortunately I did not prepare a good list of my sp-s for exchange - too many even to identify)...
"I will appreciate exchange with some reliable persons at the end of each coll. season would be just perfect! So, my main interest will be CATOCALA and secondary some other popular familis & genera."
Email: Andrew Timchenko.
Andrew is a WLSS member who has sent me many very nice digital images for posting to WLSS over the years. I have no reason to doubt his integrity, and I suspect some of you will engage in mutually satisfying exchanges. Bill Oehlke.
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Caterpillars Too!, a North American butterfly website:
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A new Coleoptera (Beetles) page is being created.
This page will be resricted to those members of WLSS who have an interest in Coleoptera (Beetles) and who are willing to have their email addresses posted there for correspondence, limited to the Coleoptera family.
This list will not be available through any search engines and will not be linked by me from any of my websites. Instead, those members who register (no charge) will be directed to an unlisted URL.
Members whose names appear on this list have agreed to use the contact information solely for the purpose of furthering their interests in Coleoptera.
Members have also agreed that they will neither post this list/page nor divulge its contents nor share its contents with others.
To have your name and email contact information posted on the Coleoptera page, send email to Bill Oehlke, indicating you agree to terms above.
N.B. This is note a Coleoptera site, just a listing of contact info for WLSS members with an interest in Coleoptera.
Two new names have been added to the Coleoptera page as of January 16, 2009.
There are also quite a few members interested in Sphingidae, so I will post special Sphingidae page under same conditions. I am also considering an African Sphingidae section if there is sufficient interest and those who can supply high quality images.
A Catocala page will also be posted.
If you wish to have your name, location, interests and email posted on the Coleoptera, Sphingidae or Catocala contacts page, please let me know.
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