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Keith Willmott

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Life on Earth

Park rangers use butterflies to take planet’s pulse in a biodiversity hotspot

May 2, 2022

In 2017, a group of scientists raised alarm bells by showing that flying insects had declined in Germany by more…Read More

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Life on Earth

Map of transparent butterflies highlights biodiversity hotspot in the Andes Mountains

December 16, 2021

With over a million known species, insects are by far the most diverse group of organisms on Earth, with conservative…Read More

black butterfly with stripes

Evolution

Escape artists: Birds learn to avoid flashy, hard-to-catch butterflies and their lookalikes

March 11, 2021

The showy colors of some butterflies could advertise their speed and nimbleness, much like a coat of bright yellow paint…Read More

Keith Willmott in Butterfly Rainforest

Hires & Promotions

Keith Willmott named director of McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity

October 12, 2020

The Florida Museum of Natural History has appointed Keith Willmott director of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, one…Read More

Male and female specimens of Caeruleuptychia helios

Life on Earth

A case of mistaken identity: DNA links male, female butterfly thought to be distinct species

July 27, 2017

Researchers recently discovered what was thought to be a distinct species of butterfly is actually the female of a species…Read More

A mating pair of clearwing butterflies

Evolution

Diversity in butterfly mimicry maintained by predator distribution

June 13, 2017

When thinking of mimicry, most people picture two things that look identical, with little difference in pattern or color. In…Read More

small clear winged butterfly on a leaf

Life on Earth

North Andean Clearwing genus Pteronymia reclassified

April 10, 2017

Florida Museum researcher Keith Willmott and peers reclassified the genus Pteronymia in a new paper, adding six species for a…Read More

A brown, tan and black patterned butterfly with blueish tint on its wings

Collections

Researchers receive $450,000 NSF grant to classify butterfly group

September 11, 2013

Florida Museum of Natural History scientists have received a three-year, $458,104 National Science Foundation grant to research a common, but…Read More

Keith Wilmot with collections box

Evolution

Evidence of mimicry in caterpillars documented

December 1, 2011

About 150 years ago, Henry Walter Bates described mimicry based on his observations of adult butterflies in the Amazon, contributing…Read More

Keith Willmott in collections

Awards & Honors

Museum scientist receives UF assistant professor excellence award

May 20, 2009

Florida Museum of Natural History Assistant Curator of Lepidoptera Keith Willmott recently received the 2009 Jack Wessel Excellence Award for…Read More

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