Several of Vernon's articles can be accessed via the Southern Lepidopterist Society newsletters.
During his many discoveries he has described one new Saturnidae: Automeris louisiana Ferg. & Brou, two new sphingidae: Manduca wellingi Brou and Lapara phaeobrachycerous Brou and four new noctuidae: Catocala atocala Brou, Catocala charlottae Brou, Catocala umbrosa Brou and Chaetaglaea fergusoni Brou, and others.
Vernon is a member in good standing of the Lepidopterist Society, Southern Lepidopterist Society, Entomological Society of Washington, Research Associate for the Florida State Collection of Arthropods, and has served on the Insect Advisory Consortium for Audubon Institute.
Vernon has been honored by his colleagues by having five
species named after him (patranyms):
Eupithecia broui Rindge, “Geometridae”
Dichrorampha broui E.C. Knudson “Tortricidae”
Bagisara brouana Ferguson “Noctuidae”
Isoparce broui Eitschberger “Sphingidae”
Dichagyris broui Lafontaine “Noctuidae”.
Contact:
Vernon A. Brou Jr.
74320 Jack Loyd Road
Abita Springs, Louisiana 70420
USA
email:Vernon A. Brou
Lepidoptera ova, papered adults, pinned adults and bulk quantities in alcohol of Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and Hymenoptera are usually available at various times throughout the year. Contact Vernon by email to confirm availability or preorder eggs. A few of the species Vernon usually has are listed below.
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* OVA - Amphion floridensis B. P. Clark - 30 ova for $25.00 US including priority postage within the USA. Outside of the US - 60+ ova for $50.00 includes global express shipping. Larvae feed on virginia creeper or grape species. Respond with your name, complete mailing address and specify quantity when ordering
* OVA - Darapsa myron (Cram.) - 40 ova for $25.00 US including priority postage within the USA, outside of the US - 50 ova for $50.00 includes global express shipping. Color forms of mature larvae included bright green, purplish-green, orange, pink, yellow, and yellow with dark green. These Louisiana phenotypes usually have at least five annual broods. Common food plants are grape and virginia creeper. This species is easily reared in desktop containers. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering.
* OVA - Darapsa pholus (Cram.) - 40 ova for $25.00 US including priority postage within the USA, outside of the US - 50 ova for $50.00 includes global express shipping. Color forms of mature larvae included bright green, purplish-green, orange, pink, yellow, and yellow with dark green. These Louisiana phenotypes usually have at least seven annual broods. Common food plants are viburnum, azalea, blueberry and others. This species is easily reared in desktop containers. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering.
* OVA - Isoparce cupressi (Bdv.) - Hard to get Sphingid species - 30 ova for $25.00 US or 50 ova for $40.00 includes priority postage within the US, outside of the US - 50 ova for $50.00 includes global express shipping. These Louisiana phenotypes have at least four annual broods. Food plant is cypress (Taxodium distichum Rich.). This species is easily reared in desktop containers. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering.
* OVA - Dolba hyloeus (Drury) - Hard to get Sphingid ova 30 ova for $25.00 US, includes priority postage within the US, outside of outside of the US - 50 ova for $50.00 includes global express shipping. These Louisiana phenotypes have at least six annual broods. Food plants are holly, yaupon, (Ilex sp)., blueberry, pawpaw. This species is easily reared in desktop containers. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering.
* OVA - Citheronia sepulchralis Grt. & Rob. - 30 ova for $25.00 US, includes priority postage within the US, outside of the US - 50 ova for $50.00 includes global express shipping. These Louisiana phenotypes have at least four annual broods. Food plants are various species of Pine. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering.
* OVA - Callosamia angulifera (Walker) – Saturnidae 30 ova for $25.00 US including priority postage within the USA. Outside of the USA add $5.00 for global priority delivery. These Louisiana phenotypes have three annual broods. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering.
* OVA - Callosamia securifera (Maassen)- Saturnidae - 30 ova for $25.00 US including priority postage within the USA. Outside of the USA add $5.00 for global priority delivery. These Louisiana phenotypes have three-four annual broods. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering.
* OVA - Anisota virginiensis (Drury)- Saturnidae - 30 ova for $25.00 US including priority postage within the USA. Outside of the USA add $5.00 for global priority delivery or $25.00 for global express postage. Respond with your complete mailing address and specify quantity when ordering.
* OVA - Samia cecropia (L.) – Saturnidae - 30 ova for $25.00 US, includes priority postage within the US, outside of the US: 50 ova for $50.00 includes global express shipping. Numerous common food plants can be utilized. Respond with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering.
* OVA - Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer) – 40 ova for $25.00 US including priority postage within the USA. These Louisiana phenotypes have five annual broods. Respond with your name and complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering.
* OVA - Actias luna (L.)-40 ova for $25.00 US including priority postage within the USA. These Louisiana phenotypes have five annual broods. Respond with your name and complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering.
* OVA - Automeris louisiana Ferguson and Brou from the precise type locality I discovered them over 32years ago. 20 ova for $25.00 or 40 ova for $40.00 within the USA includes priority mail postage. Outside of the US add additional $5.00 for global priority postage. Easy to rear on the following: red maple, red oak, white oak, water oak, choke cherry, sweet gum, swamp gum, and their favorite wild cherry (Prunus serotina) unless you have their actual foodplant Spartina (a coastal marsh grass). Others reported larvae successfully reared on redbud, hackberry and Johnson grass. Respond with your name and complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering.
* OVA - Automeris io lilith (Strecker) - Saturnidae: 50 ova for $25.00 US including priority postage within the USA. Outside of the USA add $5.00 for global priority delivery. These Louisiana phenotypes have five annual broods and often half of the local larvae are bright yellow with bright red stripe. Respond with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering. Feeds on common Privet, Amorpha fruticosa, Cercis Canadensis, Conocarpus erectus, Galactia, Gossypium hirsutm, Hibiscus, Lichti chinensis, Persea Americana, Prunus virginiana, Prunus serotina, Rhapis, Rhizophora, Rhododendron, Serenoa repens, Tabebuia argentea, Turnera ulmifolia, Zea mays.
* OVA - Apantesis nais (Drury) - 60+ ova for $25.00 within the US includes priority postage, outside of the US: 60+ ova for $50.00 includes global express shipping. These Louisiana phenotypes have multiple annual broods and larvae will thrive under crowded conditions. Will emerge in less than two weeks after pupating. This Arctiidae species is the easiest species of any lepidoptera I have ever reared in desktop containers. Feeds on dandelion and false dandelion and hundreds of common low plants. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering.
* OVA - Spilosoma virginica (F.)-50 ova for $25.00 US including priority postage within the USA. Outside of the US - 60+ ova for $50.00 includes global express postage. Respond by identifying yourself and provide your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering. Feeds on hundreds of various low plants.
* Cerambycidae of Louisiana – Adults of dozens of various assorted species in alcohol, collected in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana complete with printed pin data labels for $200.00 per 1000 specimens plus $10.00 shipping via United Parcel Service within the USA. This material is not picked over, jars contain all specimens common or rare taken daily in UV light traps and bait traps placed in alcohol over time periods of weeks to months in batches. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering. Yes, you will receive large series of some species as well as lesser quantities of the scarcer species, though this material is not picked over. I am not a coleopterist; my personal interest is the lepidoptera of Louisiana. ($ 0.20 each).
* Phyllophaga of Louisiana – Adults of dozens of various assorted species in alcohol, collected in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana complete with printed pin data labels for $200.00 per 5000 specimens plus $25.00 shipping via United Parcel Service within the USA. This material is not picked over, jars contain all specimens common or rare taken daily in UV light traps. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering. Yes, you will receive large series of some species as well as lesser quantities of the scarcer species, though this material is not picked over. I am not a coleopterist; my personal interest is the lepidoptera of Louisiana. ($ 0.04 each).
* Carabidae of Louisiana – Adults of dozens of various assorted species in alcohol, collected in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana complete with printed pin data labels for $300.00 per 10,000 specimens plus $25.00 shipping via United Parcel Service within the USA. No list. This material is not picked over, jars contain all specimens common or rare taken daily in UV light traps. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering. Yes, you will receive large series of some species as well as lesser quantities of the scarcer species, though this material is not picked over. I am not a coleopterist; my personal interest is the lepidoptera of Louisiana. ($ 0.03 each).
* Scarabidae of Louisiana – Adults of many dozens of various assorted species in alcohol, collected in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana complete with printed pin data labels for $300.00 per 10,000 specimens plus $35.00 shipping via United Parcel Service within the USA. No list. This material is not picked over, jars contain all specimens common or rare taken daily in UV light traps. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering Yes, you will receive large series of some species as well as lesser quantities of the scarcer species, though this material is not picked over. I am not a coleopterist; my personal interest is the lepidoptera of Louisiana. ($ 0.03 each).
* Hemiptera of Louisiana – Many dozens of adults of various assorted species in alcohol, collected in uv light traps and bait traps in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana complete with printed pin labels for $80.00 per 2,000 specimens plus - $10.00 shipping via United Parcel Service within the USA. This material is not picked over; containers have all specimens common or rare taken daily. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering. ($0.04 each).
* Click beetles of Louisiana – Adults of many dozens of various assorted species in alcohol, collected in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana complete with printed pin labels for $100.00 for 5,000 specimens plus -$10.00 shipping via United Parcel Service within the USA. No list. This material is not picked over, jars contain all specimens common or rare taken daily in UV light traps and bait traps. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering. Yes, you will receive large series of some species as well as lesser quantities of the scarcer species, though this material is not picked over. I am not a coleopterist; my personal interest is the lepidoptera of Louisiana. ($ 0.02 each)
* Weevils of Louisiana – Adults of many dozens of various assorted species in alcohol, collected in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana complete with printed pin labels 5,000 specimens for $100.00. plus -$10.00 shipping via United Parcel Service within the USA. No list. This material is not picked over, jars contain all specimens common or rare taken daily in UV light traps and bait traps. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering. Yes, you will receive large series of some species as well as lesser quantities of the scarcer species, though this material is not picked over. I am not a coleopterist; my personal interest is the lepidoptera of Louisiana. ($ 0.02 each)
* Water beetles of Louisiana - various assorted species in alcohol, collected in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana with printed pin labels, 5,000 for $100.00. plus -$10.00 Shipping United Parcel Service within the USA No list. This material is not picked over, jars contain all specimens common or rare taken daily in UV light traps. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering. Yes, you will receive large series of some species as well as lesser quantities of the scarcer species. I am not a coleopterist; my personal interest is the lepidoptera of Louisiana. ($ 0.02 each)
* Staphylinidae of Louisiana - various assorted species in alcohol, collected in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana with printed pin labels, 5,000 for $100.00. plus -$10.00 Shipping United Parcel Service within the USA No list, don't ask, available as entire lot only. This material is not picked over, jars contain all specimens common or rare taken daily in UV light traps. Respond by identifying yourself and with your complete mailing address and specify quantity ordering. Yes, you will receive large series of some species as well as lesser quantities of the scarcer species. I am not a coleopterist; my personal interest is the lepidoptera of Louisiana. ($ 0.02 each)
Contact:
Vernon A. Brou Jr.
74320 Jack Loyd Road
Abita Springs, Louisiana 70420
USA
email:Vernon A. Brou