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A newly rediscovered moth species in Florida may already be at risk

  • Written by Ryan St Laurent, Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
imageFor decades, the Florida sack-bearer moth was hiding in plain sight among collections of other sack-bearer moths around the U.S.Ryan St Laurent

To the untrained eye, the Florida scrub ecosystem isn’t much to look at. Scattered in patches around coastal and inland Florida, the scrub landscape is dominated by shrubs and short oaks, all growing...

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