re. Graellsia cocoons

[Martin Honey]

>Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 15:25:59 -0400
>From: Patrick Marceau <lepsjournal at sympatico.ca>
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>Hi,
>I will have soon my Gi cocoons to sell and around 15-20 Graellsia
>isabellae galliaegloria to sell also at 20$ US each.
>Contact me at lepsjournal at sympatico.ca

Dear All

I have some concerns about this and a previous message received from the
same source on two counts and would welcome information to allay my fears.

Firstly, to quote from the leps-l faq sheet:

"Contributors to LEPS-L/SBEL are asked to please refrain from posting
messages regarding overtly commercial transactions in Lepidoptera that
otherwise do not contribute to broader discussions."

and secondly:

as this species is protected by laws in both Spain and France (the only
countries in which it occurs), under what regulations is trade in it
possible. I have no experience in such matters.

Many thanks

Martin
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