Good afternoon. I can direct you to the Jovenil Embrapa - Londrina. I know there are insectary Anticarsia and others. If not it may indicate you. Email: [email protected]

Thank U

thank you for your reply. I think they are from Brasil. I am in Turkey so the transportation may be difficult. European countries would be better but I will send mail.

Hello Seda,

Maybe you can try  here: 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth?1dmy&urile=wcm%3Apath%3A/aphis_content_library/sa_our_focus/sa_plant_health/sa_program_overview/sa_cphst/ct_psdel

It was possible to order gypsy moth egg masses from the Otis laboratory (USDA-APHIS).

Hi Seda,

I work with wild GM populations. These populations locate in Western Siberia (silver birch is the main host plant). Do you need wild or lab population?

Best wishes

Hi Vyacheslav;

I can use wild or lab population. It's not matter. I would like to try virus production. Do you have any eggs your lab? Thanks for answer

Best wishes

Hi Slobodan;

Thanks for answer I will contact Otis laboratory.

Best wishes

Yes I have some portion of eggs in the refrigerator but not a lot (for my purposes). I think in the end of April I will travel in forest (400 km from my city) and could collect the eggs in outbreaking population. How many eggs you need? But from my point of view you (and I also in some points) could have several problems:

1. The problem with forwarding of alive material (diapausing eggs) via Turkish - Russia customs and quarantine services.

2. Hatching larvae during transportation (I think now larvae will hatch in couple of days at warm temperature)

3. our populations carry covert (asymptom form) baculovirus so you have a risk to mix (or even get any recombinations) the endogenous and exogenous virus.

4. the diet. As you know GM form ecological races regarding to preference to the host plant. For example, oak species is not preferable host plant species for our GM.

So let me know about described above.    

Thanks for help. Fİrstly I will talk my adviser about these problems. ıf it is okey for us I will contact you later. Could you send to us approximately 1000 eggs and do you want to any fee for eggs? 

Best wishes

Hi again. No I will not ask you to pay for the eggs of course, but you should cover the postal (possibly courier) service if we solve to send. Let me know about the questions asked earlier before the final decision to send the eggs. Could you contact me via e-mail please?

[email protected] 

Lymantria dispar dispar commonly known as the gypsy moth, European gypsy moth, and North American gypsy moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae that is of Eurasian origin. It has a range which covers Europe, Africa, and North America.Gypsy moth egg masses are typically laid on branches and trunks of trees, but may be found in any sheltered location, including rocks, foliage and vehicles.Female gypsy moths are flightless, so they lay eggs on a surface near where they emerged from their pupa. The eggs are covered in in a coating of hairs. The covering provides protection from predators and parasites and may be important for insulating the eggs from cold temperatures and sealing in moisture. Insect is also avialable in rome the Caspian Sea to the west,Mongolia and Chinato the east,south from the Ural Mountains and Siberia,and northfrom Iran and Afghanistan ( This large region has varied geography, including high passes and mountains (Tien–Shan), vast deserts. I agree with Vyacheslav V Martemyanov ·.

Dear Seda,

You may ask prof. Georgiev and prof. Mirchev from Forest Research Institute , BAS. Bulgaria. May be they have collected eggs of Lymantria

G. Georgiev -E-mail

Prof. P. Mirchev- E-mail

My best regards,

V. Velcheva 

It could be spared provided no quarantine issues.

Hi Seda,

I think you should ask colleagues from southern regions of Turkey. I remember, I observed many LD egg masses on region of Sultan Daglari.

If you need lab reared ones - you should ask some of USDA FS labs - they often rear this species. There is also web page for exchange of livestock - try to contact them... http://www.argiope.se/test/ However, I have no personal experience:-)

Good luck

Marek

There are a bunch of Lymantria dispar in the forest of east Asia, but how can you get them?

Hi, Seda,

I am sorry. because , I dont  have  been study your question.

Hello Dear Seda,

You need to Gypsy Moth larvae for your thesis right? What kind of study will you do with this larvea? The answer is very important because biological, ecological and physiological features of this species depends on region to region. 

For instance, if you want to study in Black Sea Region of Turkey to test physiological and morphological (etc.) properties of this species, you should collect them in the same region and field from infected any native host species (corylus, malus, acer,platanus etc.). So, origin is important...

Good luck with your study!

The simplest method is given by mr. Ravi Kant Upadhyay. Just look at the bases of trunks of old poplar trees (or other species, like lime tree). The egg masses are often laid near the ground, sometimes under loose bark. They are covered by "pillow" of short hair - look at the www.gypsymothalert.com/large_eggmass.html and are quite easy to find.