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Post by mooks666 on Apr 27, 2012 4:21:13 GMT -8
Hi guys is there anyone rearing the American Question mark this season as lve always wanted to rear them but cannot find any contacts.
Ive put this on the classifieds as well..
Best wishes
IAN
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Post by ladobe on Apr 27, 2012 11:57:17 GMT -8
The UK is wide open for importing lep livestock from anyplace worldwide, but a note for US members who might have livestock or papered stock to share or sell. Don't forget that USDA APHIS and the US Fish & Wildlife Law Enforcement Customs have specific regulations and preapproved permit requirements for importing and exporting lepidoptera into or out of the US, and they must go through specific ports of call both ways. And they also have regulations for shipping livestock across state lines within the country, and what few species can be released in which states. They are far more stringent now than they were way back in my active years rearing leps worldwide, and permits can be expensive where they used to be free. So please do your homework before you import or export any lepidoptera anywhere in the US.
FWIW
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Post by mooks666 on May 1, 2012 9:47:51 GMT -8
Sorry forgot about the legal sde of things so l doubt very much l could get any of these then if its that much trouble, but then again cecropia luna etc get exported to the uk all the time..
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Post by ladobe on May 1, 2012 13:08:25 GMT -8
No sorry needed at all... I was just reminding members here in the US that they can no longer be imported or exported freely like they could be many years ago. All of my foreign species I have import permits for on file, all were obtained back when there was no fees for them and there were few restrictions what you could import. Glad I did all I wanted from the mid 60s, and don't rear or collect leps now days.
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Post by papilio28570 on May 17, 2012 20:57:56 GMT -8
I am rearing Question Marks this year for personal use. Here in their home range it is quite easy. Simply place some potted hop vines in areas where you know they can be reliably found and collect the plants the following week and put them in the greenhouse. The vines will have a dozen or more eggs on each of them. The rest is easy. The eggs hatch in about a week. They are pretty fragile and I wouldn't begin to know how to ship them if it was legal. They would have to sent by express mail which is quite expensive.
You might be able to get some out of Canada or Mexico, but I do not know their import/export laws.
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Post by mooks666 on May 18, 2012 3:51:49 GMT -8
Hiya - Your lucky to have such superb looking species m8 l guess with the shipping involved it would take to long to get to the UK anyway, which is a shame there just so beautiful much better than our comma butterfly..Ive heard they prefer rotting fruit to flowers is that true ?
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Post by papilio28570 on May 18, 2012 14:19:04 GMT -8
Yes. Rotting fruit, moist soil, tree sap. I have never seen one at a flower. They are easily baited with any mashed fruit set out in the shade. Amazingly, for the past 5 or 6 years, a late summer male Question Mark will use my truck parked in the driveway as a territorial roost from which to survey his domain for intruders and females.
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Post by ckswank on May 18, 2012 21:06:39 GMT -8
I used to raise these when I was a kid living in central Illinois back in the 60s & 70s. They readily took elm as a larval food plant and were quite common then. They are very territorial & do prefer fermenting fruit. I saw one just last week at some smashed bananas I had set out here at my home in Texas. Brought back a lot of memories.
Charlie
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