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Andrei Sourakov | Lepidoptera Collections Coordinator

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Anole-sphinx

Only bite what you can swallow

Aug 15, 2023

Last week, I was about to go to work, when I spotted a drama unfolding on my window: a green … Continue

Atlides

Life Behind the Museum – Butterfly Caterpillars that Feed on Mistletoes

Dec 22, 2021

Christmas is almost here, and the season-appropriate songs are filling the radio waves and ears of last-minute shoppers. Among them … Continue

Golden rod

Life Behind the Museum – What’s the buzz?

Nov 1, 2021

The news in the Hymenoptera community of the UF Natural Area Teaching Lab (NATL) located behind the Museum: “Bidens, which … Continue

bidens

Life Behind the Museum – Homage to Butterfly Needles

Sep 30, 2021

Some call it “The Spanish Needle,” which, I suppose, invokes thoughts of pain and the Spanish Inquisition at the same … Continue

water lily

And thanks for all the … lilies.

Jul 21, 2021

Between our McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and the Harn Museum of Arts, we share a plaza with some interesting, I … Continue

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Lepidoptera Research Information Exchange 2020

May 21, 2021

Despite the COVID pandemic, the research staff and graduate students at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity were able … Continue

Collections-tour

Video Tour of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity

Jan 20, 2021

Some say that the virtual reality is here. Still, despite the occasional hiccups we may experience in the real world, … Continue

Ocyptamus

Insectwatching during COVID

May 14, 2020

During the COVID shutdown this spring, I had more time to observe and photograph insects in my backyard. Here’s a … Continue

Seven Monarchs feeding on yellow flowers.

Monarch Migration Meditations, 2020

Mar 3, 2020

The migratory monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus plexippus, has received much publicity lately, portrayed by the media as a threatened or endangered … Continue

Bella moth utetheisa ornatrix

Bella Moth vs. Rattlebox plants – Interview with In Defense of Plants

Feb 9, 2020

I spoke with “In Defense of Plants” about the Rattlebox Plants (Crotalaria) and the associated Bella Moth (Utetheisa ornatrix). The … Continue

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McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity
Florida Museum of Natural History
3215 Hull Road
Gainesville, FL 32611-2710
352-273-2013
asourakov@flmnh.ufl.edu

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