Automeris io female, calling Florida,
February 14, 2017, courtesy of Taylor Jones.
Hi All,
As of February 1, 2017, all that I have left for sale within Canada are a small number of Samia cynthia cocoons.
As of January 22, all species are sold out in USA. There may be some late spring to early summer non-diapausing luna and/or polyphemus cococons that become available, and there my be some Heraclides cresphontes pupae that become available. If you are interested in being placed on a notification list for any of those, please let me know well in advance so I can contact you when they are confirmed or anticipated.
Actias luna eggs were shipped from Alabama in early April (April 3-4); luna cocoons are expected to become available in late May early June. Callosamia securifera eggs were available in very late March. Cocoons and eggs of this species might become available in May. Larvae are feeding now.
I hope to have egg price list posted in the March Newsletter as some of my US egg shippers have lunas and even cecropia eggs available from the southern states in March. Always when placing an egg order, please provide your complete address so I know best when to contact you about availabilty of eggs.
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.
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.
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 rices 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.
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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Bill Garthe of Illinois is interested in selling his collection of Saturniidae (many African species). He would like to sell the entire collection to one person. You can view his contact information and some of his specimen frames at Bill Garthe Collection. Bill has provided the WLSS with images and data of many beautiful specimens over the years.
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For the first time on WLSS Hirpida levis is depicted from 3200m in Apurimac, Peru, February 24, 2017, courtesy of Rainer Marx.
Rainer is sending many images from high elevations on both sides of the Andes in Peru. Some of the images he has sent will be new to science.
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It was nice to see this image of a caged female Automeris io calling in Florida, February 12-14. Perhaps it is still a bit too early for the wild males to be flying, but spring is in the air in the southern states.
Automeris io female, calling Florida,
February 14, 2017, courtesy of Taylor Jones.
Here on Prince Edward Island we had 40-50cm (16-18 inches) of snow during a blizzard February 12-13, and we're supposed to have another 15-25cm (6-10 inches) of snow this evening, February 15.
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Derek Bridgehouse sends the following images of Hyalophora colombia, collected in Malay Falls, Nova Scotia.
Hyalophora columbia male, Malay Falls, Nova Scotia,
June 26, 2016, courtesy of Derek Bridgehouse.
Hyalophora columbia male, Malay Falls, Nova Scotia,
June 26, 2016, courtesy of Derek Bridgehouse.
They seem to be quite dark, with interesting variation in the thickness and contour of the grey-white lines.
Derek often uses caged females to call in wild males. One of our collecting sites was on a slight projection into a lake and it was fun to watch the wild males fly in over the lake at dawn. We set the alarm clock for 4:15 am just to watch the males approach flights. Some would land on the light sheets; some would hover around the cages. Derek snatched many out of the air with his net.
Derek has also sent images of spread Anisota manitobensis which I have added to the manitobensis file.
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I am making slow but steady progress on the processing of the new Saturniidae species described in 2016 by various combinations of Brechlin, Meister, Van Schayck and Kaech. I hope to have the files of all the new Hylesia subgenera posted by the end of April. I am also acquiring some images of the new species as I go through the processing procedure.
Attacus and Actias genus files have been updated and new species files have been created for those genera.
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I am also pleasantly surprised by the many species that are being found in northeastern Brazil. I have greatly expanded the lists for Ceara and Rio Grande do Norte and have also made some new entries from the more widely documented south eastern Brazilian states.
Recnelty new photos have been added for Leucanella janeira, Arsenura biundulata, Austrolippa convergens, Pseudautomeris coronis. In many cases live moths of these species are being depicted for first time on WLSS. Just had a couple of brutally cold days, but it is supposed to warm and snow and blow all night March 15. Can;t wait for spring.
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Sphingidae Express
I recently received a stunning image of Arctonotus lucidus from California courtesy of non-member J. Bartow. The image has been posted to Kern County, California Sphingidae.
Derek Bridgehouse continues to send me confirmations of Sphingidae species in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, and I reguarly update the page at Metcalfe County, Kentucky Sphingidae.
Jean Haxaire recently sent me many beautiful images from La Vega, Dominican Republic, some of species just described this year, Cautethia insolita Haxaire, 2016, and Perigonia desotoi, Haxaire, 2016. For the first time live images of Perigonia glaucescens and several other species are depicted via links on the updated Dominica Republic page.
I continue to receive many beautiful images of Brazilian sphingidae and am working on creating tribal, pictoral comparison pages.
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Catocala Capers
Larry Gall writes, "Hi folks, Darryl Willis and I have put together another large crop of Catocala eggs in 2016. Please feel free to request eggs from me by email, for any/all of these. Darryl still has several additional females going of amatrix, marmorata, robinsonii, vidua, and ulalume, but we don’t know yet what their egg production status is.
"I'd like to try to fulfill all shipments by mid December, and hopefully will be able to split the broods up if many of you request the same species. If you have eggs of any species to offer in exchange I'd also like to hear about that, especially any egg clutches of minuta or western species. Please feel free to forward this to any of your colleagues. Best, Larry"
SPECIESangusi |
HOSTPLANTJuglandaceae |
BROODA16 | LOCALITYConcord, NC | COLL
D. Willis | DATE29-Aug-2016 |
Peabody Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 208118, Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520-8118 USA
http://www.peabody.yale.edu
email: lawrence.gall@yale.edu
p 1-203-432-9892
f 1-203-432-9816
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Ricky Patterson recently alerted me to four new Catocala species described in US by Kons and Borth in 2015-2016. I have created and posted files for Catocala aestivalia, Catocala slotteni, Catocala myristica and hope to very soon have the new files posted for Catocala ventura. I am also updating the state by state checlists: ventura in California; myristica in Mississippi; and slotteni and aestivalia in Florida.
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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 (2015 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.