African Moon Moth at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the Univ. of Florida Butterfly Rainforest.

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The McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity serves both research and public education functions. The center includes the 6,400-square-foot living Butterfly Rainforest, an adjacent 4,600-square-foot exhibit gallery featuring information about Lepidoptera and rain forests worldwide, as well as more than 31,000 square feet of research laboratories and collection space. With more than 10 million specimens, the McGuire Center houses one of the world's largest Lepidoptera collections, representing most of the world's 20,000 butterfly species and many of the estimated 245,000 moth species.

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Location: University of Florida Gainesville USA
Photo credit: © Pat Canova / Alamy / Afripics
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