PacSci Perspectives Below is the list of pupae coming to us this week from Malaysia. Included in that number is the Troides helena, a butterfly that is seriously undersold by its common name, the “Common Birdwing.” While there are many subspecies of...
PacSci Perspectives In this week’s shipment, we have a nice crop of the Julia Longwing butterfly, one that seems to have gotten its common name from a typo. Sometimes we may see this butterfly listed by the Latin name Dryas julia, but actually its name...
PacSci Perspectives We have Attacus atlas (Atlas Moth) cocoons in this week’s pupae shipment from Malaysia. These large, beautiful moths can be quite easy to find resting on a tree branch during the day and they always delight our guests. Have you ever...
PacSci Perspectives From Costa Rica this week, we have 29 different species represented in the single shipment! Overall, we get the most diversity from our Costa Rica vendors. This may be related to how the different suppliers farm their pupae. Most of our vendors...
PacSci Perspectives The pupae this week are coming to us from Malaysia. We often end up with little reminders about the world where our butterflies are coming from and this week is one of those. Malaysia is experiencing monsoon levels of rain that are wreaking havoc...
