Letter from the McGuire Center’s Director It has been 20 years since the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity opened thanks to the visionary support of Dr. Bill and Nadine McGuire and the dedicated commitment of founding director Dr. Thomas Emmel. We are proud of what has been accomplish
Research Projects Moths may use disco gene to regulate day/night cycles Tiger beetles
My Hero by Billy Collins Just as the hare is zipping across the finish line, the tortoise has stopped once again by the roadside, this time to stick out his neck and nibble a bit of sweet grass, unlike the previous time when he was distracted by a bee humming in the heart of a wildflower.
have similar dietary preferences, consuming a variety of snails, ants, termites, beetles
Inner Beauty was on display in the Florida Museum from July 2021 through May 2023. It was so popular, we reimagined it as an online exhibit. Museum technology is shifting how fish skeletons are processed providing more accessibility for research, education, outreach and global collaboration.
Specimens are skinned, dissected, dried and then placed in a container with beetles
Badon, J.A. and J.Y. Miller. 2020. New subspecies of Appias phoebe C. & R. Felder, 1861 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from Mount Talinis, Negros Island, Philippines. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 40(3/4):147-148. Bargar, T.A, M.L. Hladik, and J.C. Daniels. 2020. Uptake and toxicity
Transcriptomics illuminate the phylogenetic backbone of Tiger beetles.
Bayarsaikhan, U., V.V. Dubatolov, J.B. Heppner, and Y.-S. Bae. 2017. Taxonomic review of genus Danielithosia Dubatolov & Kishida (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from northern Vietnam, with one new species. Zootaxa 4291:572-580. Breinholt, J.B., A. Lemmon, E. Lemmon, L. Xiao, C. Earl, and
Molecular evidence for dispersal-driven evolution in Hydrobiusini water scavenger beetles
Welcome to our annual report for fiscal year 2024. Most notable was the opening of our first new permanent exhibition gallery in many years, “Water Shapes Florida”, as well as our highest annual visitor attendance ever!
Research in the southwestern U.S. revealed that tiger beetles fend off bats by mimicking
Department of Natural History Research Seminar Series Spring 2025 January 28, 3p.m.: McGuire Center “Expanding Horizons in Lepidoptera Research” Speaker: Paul Masonick Institution: McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, University of Florida Title: Convergent evolution of antipredat
Ecological Promiscuity and Geographic Constraint in Neotropical Diversification: Aquatic Beetles
Transcriptomics illuminate the phylogenetic backbone of Tiger beetles.
a tiny juvenile frog in present-day Myanmar was suddenly trapped in sap with a beetle
a tiny juvenile frog in present-day Myanmar was suddenly trapped in sap with a beetle
The Elegance of Science 2016 1st Place Dermatobia – Lawrence Reeves 2nd Place The Art of AAV Gene Therapy – Pedro Cruz 3rd Place Olfactory bulb oil painting – Jeremy McIntyre Honorable Mentions Chameleon – Katie Dunton SFP 10 – Leah Palmer Aristolochia gigantea – Kyle Martin Mysteries of
Butterfly – Derya Tansel Radula Twist – Bridget Chalifour Catocala – Lary Reeves Bark Beetle
