While little to
nothing is known about when the vast majority of butterfly and moth species fly, eat and mate, the study provides a basic and much - needed framework by compiling existing data, said lead author Akito Kawahara, associate professor and curator at the museum's McGuire Center
for Lepidoptera and
Biodiversity at the University of Florida.
This is serious science, and the kids find
nothing icky about animal waste, which, they are learning, provides important clues
for biodiversity exploration.