People often encounter caterpillars in their gardens or walking along a nature trail. Most of us are not even aware that moth caterpillars can also be found in rivers, streams, lakes, or ponds, some living and feeding while completely submerged! These aquatic caterpillars have various adaptations an
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Biodiversity Inventories Lepidoptera of the DeLuca Preserve, Osceola County, Florida Lepidoptera of Split Rock Conservation Area, Alachua County, Florida Inventory of the Lepidopteran Fauna of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba Butterflies of Ecuador Mexican Butterflies Taiwan L
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Located in Osceola County, Florida, near Yeehaw Junction, the DeLuca Preserve was donated to the University of Florida Foundation by Elisabeth DeLuca in November 2020. This 27,000-acre property, originally slated for housing and economic development, encompasses a mixed landscape of cattle ranchland
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Riley Gott began his doctoral studies in August 2022 studying the taxonomy and systematics of the primarily Neotropical butterfly genera Dalla, Ladda, and Piruna (family Hesperiidae), under a joint graduate assistantship from the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity and the Entomology and
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More than three centuries before initiatives to increase the number of women in STEM fields, 52-year-old Maria Sibylla Merian sailed across the Atlantic on a largely self-funded scientific expedition to document the animals and plants of Dutch Suriname. Born in Germany in 1647, Merian was a profe
Her other namesakes include the Cuban sphinx moth,
Hidden behind the collection glass, stashed within the compactors, a collection of wild silks lies dormant, ready to be explored by curious minds. Akin to its surrounding neighbors of exotic Lepidoptera specimens, the larva spun, human crafted silk fabrics hail from all around the world. Donated ov
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The fourth week of June is National Pollinator Week. What exactly is a pollinator? Why are pollinators important? Why should we celebrate them? Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the male part of a flower, known as an anther, to the female part, or stigma. We don’t give this process much
family Sphingidae, commonly known as hawk moths or sphinx
As a 4-year-old, butterfly net in hand, Ed Knudson set out to catch insects in his neighborhood. Little did he know his hobby would grow into a lifelong pursuit that would result in a collection of more than 70,000 butterflies and moths. Now, 65 years after his first collecting trip, Knudson and
“I wanted to get a specimen of the rare sphinx moth
PART 3 Class GASTROPODA Superfamily ORTHALICOIDEA Families Subfamilies Family ORTHALICIDAE Albers, 1860 Subfamily ORTHALICINAE Albers, 1960 DISTRIBUTION — Tropical South America, the West Indies, south Florida, Central America and Mexico. TAXONOMY — The nomenclature employed
Orthalicus sphinx sphinx (Strebel, 1909) Zebra sphinx
Lepidoptera Novae Lepidoptera Novae (ISSN 1941-1014, Editor: John B. Heppner) is a fully refereed scientific journal devoted to butterflies and moths from all regions of the world. Papers suitable for the journal are those including descriptions of new Lepidoptera genera and species, taxonomic revi
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