Atlas Moths? Legal or not?

[NewtChris]

I am new to this news group and have not raised moths for many years.  Two
years ago I rekindled the hobby after finding a gravid female cecropia moth in
my yard and raising the resulting eggs into nearly two hundred adults the
following spring.

I recently visited a butterfly atrium in my area and inquired about methods of
breeding Atlas moths in New England.  I was told that it was illegal to do so. 
As a child however I did obtain Atlas eggs from a breeder in Wyoming and had
great success in raising them.  I of course had no idea as to how to over
winter them in this area and the adult moths emerged in November, making great
specimens, but for obvious reasons they could not be bred.

I'm interested in breeding them again.  If anyone has any information about the
current laws pertaining to this subject or cares to correspond about the
details of rearing these spectacular moths,

please email me.

thanks 

Chris

Newtchris at aol.com