New Moths Add to Growing List of Bahamas Biodiversity (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

New Moths Add to Growing List of Bahamas Biodiversity

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Deborah Matthews displays Bahamas plume moth specimens from the Florida Museum's collection. The moths were collected in an effort to document every species of butterfly and moth on the archipelago, a list that has grown from about 300 to 1,000 in the past decade.

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Jeff Gage/Florida Museum

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