Escape artists: Birds learn to avoid flashy, hard-to-catch butterflies and their lookalikes
The showy colors of some butterflies could advertise their speed and nimbleness, much like a coat of bright yellow paint…Read More
Keith Willmott named director of McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
The Florida Museum of Natural History has appointed Keith Willmott director of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, one…Read More
A case of mistaken identity: DNA links male, female butterfly thought to be distinct species
Researchers recently discovered what was thought to be a distinct species of butterfly is actually the female of a species…Read More
Diversity in butterfly mimicry maintained by predator distribution
When thinking of mimicry, most people picture two things that look identical, with little difference in pattern or color. In…Read More
North Andean Clearwing genus Pteronymia reclassified
Florida Museum researcher Keith Willmott and peers reclassified the genus Pteronymia in a new paper, adding six species for a…Read More
Researchers receive $450,000 NSF grant to classify butterfly group
Florida Museum of Natural History scientists have received a three-year, $458,104 National Science Foundation grant to research a common, but…Read More
Evidence of mimicry in caterpillars documented
About 150 years ago, Henry Walter Bates described mimicry based on his observations of adult butterflies in the Amazon, contributing…Read More
Museum scientist receives UF assistant professor excellence award
Florida Museum of Natural History Assistant Curator of Lepidoptera Keith Willmott recently received the 2009 Jack Wessel Excellence Award for…Read More
Filling the Andean butterfly gap, one species at a time
It’s a mammoth job, setting out to document all the butterflies of South America’s tropical Andean cordillera — a 3,000-mile…Read More