The University of Florida and the Florida Museum invite you to honor the 2017 recipients of the Archie F. Carr Medal. We will be presenting to two esteemed scientists: Dr. Karen Anne Bjorndal, University of Florida Dr. Peter C. H. Pritchard, Chelonian Research Institute Invitation-Only Receptio
Diamond, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles 1990 Thomas E.
William James Kaye (1875-1967) created the collection that is featured in this post. This collection contains some of the first specimens with which Arthur C. Allyn (1913-1985), the founder of the Allyn Museum of Entomology, commenced his grand butterfly adventure. Years later, it became one of the
Only bite what you can swallow Coral Trees of Los Angeles and the Moths that Attack
Some call it “The Spanish Needle,� which, I suppose, invokes thoughts of pain and the Spanish Inquisition at the same time. Other negative epithets include “beggarticks.� Finally, a slightly more enlightened public calls it “butterfly needles� which acknowledges the positive aspect, albeit skeptical
Only bite what you can swallow Coral Trees of Los Angeles and the Moths that Attack
Most recent forms of mammals evolved during the Pleistocene Epoch. A dramatic „event“ of this time period was the last „Ice Age.“ The Pleistocene Epoch also was the last time that a great diversity of mammals lived in North America, including mammoths, mastodons, giant sloths, several llama-lik
localities exist throughout North America, most famously the La Brea Tar Pits in Los
Florida Museum of Natural History
Only bite what you can swallow Coral Trees of Los Angeles and the Moths that Attack
Florida Museum of Natural History
Only bite what you can swallow Coral Trees of Los Angeles and the Moths that Attack
Inside the collections of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, there is a collection of cocoon artifacts, donated by Dr. Richard Peigler. While most people associate the use of cocoons with the production of silk (sericulture), cocoons are used in many other ways. For thousands of y
Field Museum, Chicago, and UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles. 196
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Quick Facts Common Name: bald eagle Fossils of this species are very rare. Only known from the late Pleistocene. Eagles are known from the early Pleistocene of Florida, but they are extinct species not closely related to the bald eagle. Age Range Late Pleis
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series, 36:319-327.
I’ve been called eccentric for sticking my hand blindly into tree holes while taking photos of the moths inside. My colleague, Lary Reeves, who studies mosquitoes, goes even further: if he can fit inside the tree, he climbs in head first and looks for mosquitoes while standing inside the tree’s ‘bel
Only bite what you can swallow Coral Trees of Los Angeles and the Moths that Attack
Anton, Ferdinand 1972 The Art of Ancient Peru, New York: Putnam. Benson, Elizabeth P. 1972 The Mochica. London: Thames and Hudson. 1997 Birds and Beasts of Ancient Latin America. Gainesville: U of Florida, Bergh, Susan E. 2012 Introduction by Luis G. Lumbreras with Jaime
Cabello Carro, Paz 1988 Piedras Y Oro: El Arte En El Imperio De Los Incas.
