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WANT TO BUY, Certain slug moth + Megalopyge opercularis eggs

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I'm trying to stock a display here with local venomous species to educate people on what to avoid touching. I'm told that these species *should* deposit eggs if placed into glass/very smooth plastic containers of some sort in a dark room (We caught a number of flannel moths and put them into a netted cage with cut oak branches, but no eggs were deposited, so I guess it has to be something smooth?). 

This alleged process is detailed here: https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/36257-rearing-limacodids-from-eggs-in-plastic-containers-or-on-leaves

If anyone sees one of these species and wants to try placing them into a jar/plastic container and see if they lay eggs, I'd be willing to pay for any of the resulting eggs:

Megalopyge opercularis - Flannel/puss/asp caterpillar
Euclea delphinii - Spiny oak slug caterpillar
Acharia stimulea - Saddleback caterpillar
Isa textula - Crowned slug moth
Isochaetes beutenmuelleri - Spun Glass Slug Moth
Phobetron pithecium - Hag moth caterpillar

I'd be willing to pay $15 per dozen of any of these, max of $45 per species depending on how many eggs you get. I'll revise this listing if someone manages to send me one of these species.

It's a longshot, especially since males show up at lights more than females do. If however someone does have luck with one of these, please email me with sufficient photo proof (Single photo per species that shows all of the following: eggs + moth + something with the current date written on it) and I'll get payment sorted via Paypal ASAP. Thanks!
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