USDA / USFW Insect Permits

Bruce Walsh jbwalsh at u.arizona.edu
Thu Jun 15 11:47:42 EDT 2000


A few more thoughts on the permit process.

First, there is a standard listing of all lepidoptera pests, 
B.-C. Zhang. 1994. Index of Economically Important Lepidoptera.

Second, the risk of inter-state transport is entirely from a lack of
containment.  Excluding breeding colonies, most collectors get a few
cocoon/pupae in the mail and guard those suckers for all they are worth.  The
collector has a HUGE emotional investment in not letting even a single
individual escape.  In almost all cases, there is at least double containment ---
usually a sealed cage inside ones house, and usually triple containment
(cage inside a closed door room inside a house).  Hence, for such cases the
risk of release of even a single individual is VERY low.

Cheers

Bruce  


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