UNSPSC 21102403: Butterfly breeding equipment

UNSPSC 21102403 Butterfly breeding equipment is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity encompasses insect traps and related pest-control or entomological research equipment rather than live butterfly propagation supplies. The City of Philadelphia and Klein Independent School District in Texas have posted solicitations tagged to this code, but the Philadelphia opportunity targets Reiter Cummings Inspired Gravid Traps—mosquito collection devices used in disease vector surveillance—while the Klein ISD procurement spans Career Technical Education and Advanced Academics instructional resources across 17 CTE program areas, of which only a portion would reasonably map to entomological or breeding equipment. The code shows limited recent state and local activity focused on actual butterfly breeding goods; the mismatch between the code's nominal scope and what is being purchased suggests either misclassification in the issuing body's taxonomy management or very narrow use cases in public procurement.

The two opportunities posted under this code originate in Texas and Pennsylvania, with the Philadelphia IFB (Solicitation B2727498) due July 15, 2026, structured as a micro purchase under $41,000 with award to the lowest responsible bidder, and the Klein ISD RFP (#26-101) due June 5, 2026, with a contract start of September 1, 2026. Neither procurement directly targets butterfly breeding as a primary commodity. State and local governments do not appear to be using this code consistently or in volume for any particular category of goods or services at this time.