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 fe...

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 purp...

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 locatio...

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 check...