User:Kugamazog/trading

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Actias luna female

Hello, welcome to my page on trading and rearing Lepidoptera. I have been rearing select species of Lepidoptera over the past few years. I usually specialize in Saturniidae, specifically the genus Actias. While rearing them, I take pictures of each instar, and upload that information here to Wikipedia. I also flesh out the article and provide a detailed guide of the life cycle to help other amateur Entomologists and those who simply want to learn. I have also used some macro shots to identify some caterpillar morphology. I am still in college (Entomology major), so I do not have a lot of spare money. I am willing to trade for (or purchase) most any species that I could I raise. I do not make a profit off any species I receive and the money I make selling them goes towards purchasing the next species to photograph. If you wish to contact me, do so at kugamazog at gmail dot com.

Below are the species that I have raised so far, and some examples of the pictures I have taken for this pet project.

For a full gallery of all of the images I have uploaded, please click here. A large number of the images there were taken of dead specimens in an insect collection and are not involved with this pet project.

[edit] Raised

(prior to camera)

Antheraea pernyi
Manduca sexta (Sphingidae)
Acherontia atropos (Sphingidae) to adult from pupa

[edit] Select Images

3rd instar Actias luna	5th instar Actias luna	Eyespot of Actias luna	Actias luna adult male
5th instar Actias selene	5th instar Actias selene used on Spiracle page	prepupa Actias selene	Actias selene adult male
5th instar Actias artemis	3rd instar Eacles imperialis used on Apolysis page.	5th instar Eacles imperialis