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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
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Formation in Montana and the La Brea Tar Pits in Los

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I don’t know if immature moths feel as happy as kids do when they crowd together in a tent, but some of them love making tents. At this time of the year, in Gainesville, Florida, one can see trees that have only just started sprouting leaves but already have tents with caterpillars in them. He
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The news in the Hymenoptera community of the UF Natural Area Teaching Lab (NATL) located behind the Museum: “Bidens, which were in full bloom just three weeks ago, have now all gone to seed, but the Golden Rod’s sweet nectar and abundant pollen are ripe for the plucking instead.” And while Homo s
Only bite what you can swallow Coral Trees of Los

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Only bite what you can swallow Coral Trees of Los

Among the things that can make curating collections fun is coming across various biological phenomena. This week, I was sorting some North American swallowtail butterflies and promptly came across the phenomenon of mimicry, exemplified in this photo of the toxic Pipe-vine swallowtail and its various
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When recently a squirrel attacked and devoured an imperial moth in my yard, I searched the internet and found a couple of other examples of this behavior. Several observations of squirrels eating caterpillars and cocoons of silk moths were also sent to me by colleagues. So, if small mammals b
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Between our McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and the Harn Museum of Arts, we share a plaza with some interesting, I would even say, experimental landscaping. This includes a huge pile of rocks that now has plenty of flowers growing among them so as not to be confused with a rock pile. There are also p
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