WLSS Photography Contest 2006

The following fifteen photographs (over one-hundred-fifty new submissions in 2006) have been selected as finalists in the World's Largest Saturniidae Site Photography Contest 2006.

The winning photographer will have his choice of any one of the following five prizes.

1) Special livestock package
2) Five rearing sleeves, any combination of standard sizes
3) Cds of North American Saturniidae, Catocala and Sphingidae of the Americas
4) Free lifetime membership to Caterpillars Too!
5) Kirby Wolfe Saturniidae CD

All WLSS members who cast a vote will have their names entered into the ballot box. The winner of the draw will also have his/her choice of any one of the five prizes.

Votes (one/member) are to be submitted to Bill Oehlke via email prior to January 16, 2007. Members please cast you vote by indicating photo number and photographer's last name, e.g., #16, Jones.

The winning photo will grace the WLSS home page for 2007.

#1 Hyalophora cecropia, pairing, courtesy/copyright Jim Basta.

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# 2 Copaxa sapatoza female, courtesy/copyright Thibaud Decaens.

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# 3 Hyalophora columbia male, from Prince Edward Island,
December eclosion, courtesy/copyright Darrell Gulin.

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# 4 Rhodinia newara female on cocoon, courtesy/copyright Martin Jagelka

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# 5 Actias selene, male, courtesy/copyright of Robert Jensen.

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# 6 Rhodirphia carminata male, Los Bancos (Pichincha) Ecuador,
November 24, 2006, courtesy/copyright Horst Kach.

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# 7 Rothschildia hesperus, Manaus, courtesy/copyright Alan Marson.

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# 8 Archaeoattacus staudingeri West Malaysia, courtesy/copyright Preston Murphy.

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# 9 Eudaemonia trogophylla, Rabi, Gabon,
November 22, 2006, courtesy/copyright Jerome Teva Paire.

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# 10 Hyalophora columbia gloveri, female, courtesy/copyright Leroy Simon.

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# 11 Othorene hodeva, male, Peru, courtesy/copyright Viktor Suter.

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# 12 Saturnia walterorum, male, courtesy/copyright of Joel Szymczyk.

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# 13 Pseudautomeris luteata, male, courtesy/copyright Robert Thompson.

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# 14 Epiphora bauhiniae female, courtesy/copyright Jonathon Tubbs.

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# 15 Hemileuca griffini male, N. Arizona & S. Utah, courtesy/copyright Kirby Wolfe

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The winning photographer will have his choice of any one of the following five prizes.

1) Special livestock package
2) Five rearing sleeves, any combination of standard sizes
3) Cds of North American Saturniidae, Catocala and Sphingidae of the Americas
4) Free lifetime membership to Caterpillars Too!
5) Kirby Wolfe Saturniidae CD

All WLSS members who cast a vote will have their names entered into the ballot box. The winner of the draw will also have his/her choice of any one of the five prizes.

Votes are to be submitted to Bill Oehlke via email prior to January 16, 2007.

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