Researchers discover ‘green’ pesticide effective against citrus pests
Florida Museum researchers have discovered a key amino acid essential for human nutrition is also an effective insecticide against caterpillars…
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Evidence of mimicry in caterpillars documented
About 150 years ago, Henry Walter Bates described mimicry based on his observations of adult butterflies in the Amazon, contributing…
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Researcher receives grant to study echolocation in moths
Whether by buzzing, singing, cawing or hissing, plenty of animals boast their own form of communication. But researchers now hope…
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DNA barcoding improves tropical butterfly classification
When Charles Darwin journeyed to the Galapagos Islands in the 1830s, he collected some mysterious birds that later helped shape…
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Donation of Lepidoptera collection will boost biodiversity research
A gift of more than 2 million butterfly and moth specimens to the University of Florida contains hundreds and possibly…
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DNA barcoding shows promise for butterfly identification
A new study from a Florida Museum of Natural History researcher has shown that a genetic technique for identifying butterfly…
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Museum scientist receives UF assistant professor excellence award
Florida Museum of Natural History Assistant Curator of Lepidoptera Keith Willmott recently received the 2009 Jack Wessel Excellence Award for…
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Butterfly conservation initiative marks first anniversary
Just as a butterfly leaves the chrysalis to spread its wings, in May 2007 the Butterfly Conservation Initiative decided to…
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New butterfly species naming rights auctioned for $40,800
Surprisingly, McGuire Center Collections Manager George Austin came across the species while curating butterflies in the Florida Museum, which houses…
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Filling the Andean butterfly gap, one species at a time
It’s a mammoth job, setting out to document all the butterflies of South America’s tropical Andean cordillera — a 3,000-mile…
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