Creature Corner: The Atlas moth, Attacus atlas, at the McGuire Center
The Rainforest Exhibits at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the Florida Museum of Natural History features many … Continue
Outreach Events at the McGuire Center — Fall 2025
The McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity has continued to make public outreach a priority during the temporary closure of … Continue
Monarch Migration and the University of Florida – upcoming programs and a brief history of research and conservation
The McGuire Center and University of Florida have a deep history of studying the extraordinary phenomenon of Monarch migration, where … Continue
New Student Award Honors Florida Museum Curator Jacqueline Y. Miller
A new student award honoring the late Jacqueline Y. Miller was established by the Southern Lepidopterists’ Society and given at … Continue
Sand Mountain Blues
The Sand Mountain Blue butterfly, Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana, lives on a single Nevada dune system, making it incredibly vulnerable to … Continue
Student Spotlight: Jacob Bethin
People often encounter caterpillars in their gardens or walking along a nature trail. Most of us are not even aware … Continue
Visiting Researchers
The McGuire Center was privileged to host visiting researchers in October and November 2023, through the Mr. Carl Wisler and … Continue
Lepidoptera Conference at the McGuire Center
Two societies for studying Lepidoptera, the Southern Lepidopterists’ Society and the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera combined their annual meetings and … Continue
Student Projects in Ecuador
McGuire Center Curator Keith Willmott is a keen researcher of Neotropical butterfly systematics and has a long history of field … Continue
American Moth-butterflies
Hedylidae, commonly known as American Moth-butterflies, is a small, little-known family of Lepidoptera. This tropical family, restricted to Central and … Continue