Hi All,
On PEI on September 26, I took in my last three sleeves, housing Antheraea polyphemus on red maple. There was still a single healthy larva feeding in each of two of the sleeves. I left those caterpillars to fend for themselves as I harvested the cocoons. I have already shipped out about twenty orders to Canadian customers. We had light snow showers in colder areas of the province at night on September 25.
Here are prices for Canadian livestock for 2016:
Actias luna $5.00 Canadian; still good numbers left in Canada
Two Sphingidae are available in Canada for 2016:
Pachysphinx modesta $5.00 Canadian; now sold out in Canda
Please specify species and quantities if you are placing an order and also be sure to include complete shipping address. I can receive
payment from Canadian sources via personal check, email bank transfer through online banking, Paypal (with Paypal there is a 5% Paypal transaction fee).
Shipping costs will vary depending upon your exact address and the size and weight of your livestock package.. There will also be appropriate GST or HST amounts
added to your order depending upon your province. I do remit all GST and HST amounts collected to government, and I do pay appropriate Provincial and
Canadian taxes on profits after expenses.
Antheraea polyphemus $5.50 Canadian; still good numbers left in Canada
Callosamia promethea $5.00 Canadian; about 6 left in Canada
Dryocampa rubicunda $4.00 Canadian; now sold out in Canada or spoken for from Canada
Hyalophora cecropia $7.00 Canadian; now sold out in Canada
Hyalophora columbia $7.00 Canadian; now sold out in Canada
Samia cynthia at $6.00 Canadian. about twenty left in Canada
Smerinthus cerisyi $5.00 Canadian. now sold out in Canada
Here are prices for anticipated US livestock for WLSS members in US for 2016:
Sphingidae:
Arctiidae:
Butterflies:
Sorry, no Hyalophora columbia columbia, Hyalophora columbia gloveri, Eupackardia calleta or Rothschildia this year.
I am interested in making bulk purchases of Eacles imperialis and other North American Saturniidae that are not already listed above.
Sometimes I make additional purchases of species already listed that either turn out to be in short supply or heavy demand. Please let me know if you have something to trade or sell.
There is one shipping and handling fee of $8.00 US for all orders shipped to US destinations through US Post Office, no matter where you live in US or how large
your order is.
Please specify species and quantities if you are placing an order and also be sure to include complete shipping address. I can receive
payment from United States sources via personal check, international postal or bank money order (cashier's check is okay) in US funds, or Paypal
(with Paypal there is a 5% Paypal transaction fee).
Cocoons that get shipped to US destinations will be shipped from New Jersey in late October or from Maine, November until supplies run out in very early
spring. Some species will probably be sold out before Christmas.
Actias luna $5.00 US; good numbers
Agapema homogena $8.00 US; good numbers
Antheraea polyphemus $5.50 US; good numbers
Automeris io 5.50 US; good numbers
Callosamia promethea $5.00 US; good numbers
Citheronia regalis $17.00 US/pair; probably about 45-50 pairs. might have to be rationed if you place a big order; extra single males at $6.00/pupa
Coloradia doris $6.00 US; seldom offered, will only bring in the number I need based on orders received before October 6
Eacles imperialis $17.00 US/pair; probably only about eleven or twelve pairs. will be reserved on first come first served basis--get your order in quick
for these
Hyalophora cecropia $6.50 US;
Samia cynthia at $5.50 US. good numbers
Pachysphinx modesta $6.00 US/pupa; I will only bring in what is requested before October 6.
Estigmene Albida $4.00 US/cocoon; I will only bring in what is requested before October 6.
Papilio polyxenes asterius $5.50/pupa (Eastern Black Swallowtail
Pterourus glaucus $5.00/pupa (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Pterourus troilus $5.00/pupa (Spicebush Swallowtail
All payments by Paypal should be sent to oehlkew@islandtelecom.com.
All payments by personal check should be sent to
Bill Oehlke
Box 476
Montague, PE, C0A 1R0
Canada
Please use $1.25 postage on your payment envelope to me if sending payment from US as that is how much postage is required for letter mail fromUS to Canada.
Do not send payment until I confirm your order in case I have to ration something in short supply.
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I recently received the following image from non-member Valene Begano.
I reply, "Hi Valene,
"Thanks for thinking of me. Very nice image.
"It is one of the Saturniidae in subfamily Hemileucinae. These moths have no mouth parts or feeding tubes and do not live long as adults (about 5-7 days). All
their energy comes from fats stored from caterpillar days. Hence they usually do not fly too far and probably only have a range of about five miles as
individual moths. Usually larvae feed on oak, and this one may have fallen or dropped from a higher oak onto the pinon tree. That (pinon) would be an unusual host.
"There is not too much you can do to encourage them to stay other than to make sure they have continued access to your oak trees. In the wild the offspring
(about 200-250 eggs) from a single female paired with a wild male, usually have a revival success rate of about 1%, so the eggs deposited by a single female
paired with a single male usually result in only about two of the offspring making it to adult stage. There are many predators (birds, reptiles, hornets, wasps,
other insects) they encounter in nature, and they are also subject to parasitic wasps and flies and natural diseases. Sometimes and entire very local population
can be wiped out, but then might rebound a few years later from successes in nearby areas.
"Here is a list of Saturniidae you might expect to find in Otero County:
Sphingicampa hubbardi,
Automeris io neomexicana,
Automeris zephyria,
Coloradia doris,
Coloradia pandora davisi,
Hemileuca juno,
Hemileuca tricolor,
Hyalophora columbia gloveri,
Agapema anona dyari,
Agapema homogena,
Antheraea oculea,
Antheraea Polyphemus.
"Thanks for sharing. Here is a link to my New Mexico Sphingidae page:
http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/Sphinx/NMsphinx.htm
"Here is a link to my New Mexico Catocala page:
http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/Catocala/NewMexicocatocala.htm
"Bill Oehlke"
Sphingidae Express
I have been receiving some very nice images of Lintneria smithi larvae from Arizona.
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Catocala Capers
It turns out that the Tim Dyson recent image of what we both thought to be Catocala umbrosa, from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, is actually Catocala ilia, with correction by Larry Gall.
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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 (2015 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.