Juvisy Insect Fair 2024

[XRKL]

Hi

Does anyone knows the exact dates for the Juvisy Insect Fair 2024 yet ?

I saw this website says the Juvisy Insect Fair 2024 is held in September 27th and 28th ,which is Friday and Saturday ?

admin note : link removed, you should use InsectNet Insect Fair agenda

I thought Juvisy usually held in the weekend of the end of September ? Could it be 28th and 29th September this time ?

Thank you very much

[Pierre]

Confirmed: september 28 / 29, 2024

[FranKz]

Confirmed: september 28 / 29, 2024

Hello
Could I please know who has confirmed the dates, because I can't find information other than what you have provided.
And I wanted to make sure before buying the trip.
Thank you.

[Pierre]

Confirmed by Patrick Arnaud, organizator of this fair.

[Barnzell]

Hello all!

Does anyone in the United States have any experience with purchasing insects at this fair and then importing them to the US? I would really like to go but I am not exactly sure about the process of exporting from France. Of course I would use my American import license and fill out a form 3-177. Would likely mail to myself with DHL. Unfortunately my French is very limited. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[wollastoni]

Unlike the USA, France is a collector friendly place. You have nothing to declare or fill on the French side (as long as you don't buy protected species).

If you want to mail it, you should better use the French post system called Colissimo (cheaper and less procedurial than DHL).
In the parcel declaration, you can write "dried dead lepidoptera for study".

[wollastoni]

Confirmed by Patrick Arnaud, organizator of this fair.

Thank you Pierre, I have updated InsectNet Insect Fair agenda : https://www.insectnet.com/blog/insect-c ... nsect-fair

[Chuck]

Hello all!

Does anyone in the United States have any experience with purchasing insects at this fair and then importing them to the US? I would really like to go but I am not exactly sure about the process of exporting from France. Of course I would use my American import license and fill out a form 3-177. Would likely mail to myself with DHL. Unfortunately my French is very limited. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

If you have the import/export license, why not hand carry and schedule an inspection at the US international airport? That way you reduce risk of damage during shipping and USFWS inspection. As well, with you there during the inspection if the USFWS inspector says "hey this looks like an Ornithoptera!" you can say "no, it's a Pierid. See look here on my phone."

[Barnzell]

Thank you both for the information. This is good to know about the declaring on the French side.

Unfortunately it seems impossible to import with anything else other than DHL/Fedex nowadays.

From the pictures of past events, I am thinking that I would probably purchase too many pinned specimens to easily carry with me

[wollastoni]

Barnzell < you should double-check as I regularly send parcels with Colissimo to the USA, including to American Museums who make me fill some declaration for the USFWS.

[FranKz]

Confirmed by Patrick Arnaud, organizator of this fair.

Thank you very much for the information Pierre.