I can send you a box of specimens at no charge.

I do need a shipping address. I'm not sure why you can't PM, perhaps one needs a certain number of posts first?



Hi Chuck, I am still unable to reply to your PM! No option of replying.

Here is my address:
Name: Nitin Ravikanthachari, PhD
Address ...

I have a bin of various dried US leps you can have. They are of course papered and dried, so would require softening in order to be spread.

I'm amazed I even have any. I always kept many extras around for projects such as this, but it's been a long time since anyone had asked me so I unloaded ...

Hi all,

I am conducting a Lepidoptera workshop for Native American school kids in Montana in June. I will be taking kids out to the field to observe and identify local butterflies, followed by light trap for some moths. I also want them to get an experience on pinning butterflies and maybe take a ...

Hi all,

I ordered a bunch of butterflies ~300 specimens from insect-sale.com. Has anyone recently ordered insects from them into the US? Did it arrive in good condition without any issues with customs etc? Do I need a permit to get this delivered to me in the US? I will be using it for personal ...

Hi all,

I am a post-doc from University of Montana visiting Philly from August 5 - 25. I am working on understanding the prevalence and frequency of wolbachia in butterflies. I was hoping to collect 5-6 individuals of as many species as possible from PA during this trip. Are there particular ...

Thank you so much for your reply! I was mostly looking for public areas/national forests to collect so that I didn't have to go through the headache of permits!

Thanks again!

Hello,

I will be driving down to Florida (Florida Keys) for my honeymoon from April 21st to April 26th from South Carolina. I will be stopping along the way to collect butterflies in Florida. Are there any recommendations of good places to collect butterflies in Florida or places that I should ...