McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity and Florida State Collection of Arthropods Gainesville, Florida September 17-19, 2004

Program Chairman: Thomas C. Emmel

Friday, September 17

8-5 PM

FSCA Lepidoptera collections open to viewing at the Doyle Connor building (John Heppner, Curator). Evening moth collecting (contact Jeff Slotten if desired)

Saturday, September 18
McGuire Center (Powell Classroom)

8-8:30 AM

Reception / late Registration

8:30-9:30 AM

Guided tour through the McGuire Center (Thomas Emmel and Staff)

Morning Session
Moderator: Jacqueline Y. Miller

9:35 AM

Overview of Lepidoptera Biodiversity Patterns in Mexico
Jacqueline Y. and Lee D. Miller

10 AM

Biodiversity Studies on Mexican Hesperioidea
Andrew D. Warren

10:45-11 AM

Break for Conversation and Refreshments

11:05 AM

Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea) of Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico, with Additional Records for the High Forest
Carmen Pozo

11:25 AM

Hotspots for Mexican Saturniidae
Manuel Balcazar

11:50 AM

An Aldabra Tour
Jay C. Shaffer

12:20 PM

Group Photo

12:30-1:30 PM

Buffet sandwich lunch at McGuire Center

Afternoon Session
Moderator: Robert Beiriger

1:30 PM

Phaon Crescent Butterfly: Biology and Rearing on a Synthetic Diet
James L. Nation

1:55 PM

Sounds Produced by Heliconius Adults: a New Kind of Acoustic Communication?
Mirian Medina Hay-Roe

2:20 PM

Encounters at a Butterfly Conservatory
Alan Chin-Lee

2:45 PM

Update on the Conservation and Reintroduction of the Miami Blue
Jaret Daniels and Thomas Emmel

3:10-3:25 PM

Break for refreshments

3:25 PM

Life History of the Dusky Roadside Skipper (Amblyscirtes alternate)
Jeff R. Slotten and Marc C. Minno

3:45 PM

Conservation of a Declining Butterfly: The Arogos Skipper
Mac C. Minno and Maria Minno

4:05 PM

Unusual Butterflies Observed in Florida: 2004
Marc C. Minno

4:25 PM

Exciting New Records for Georgia Lepidoptera
James K. Adams

4:45 PM

A Forty-year History of the Kentucky Lepidoptera Survey
Charles V. Covell

5:05 PM

A Glimpse into the Production of “The Natural History of the Rare Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia, 1797”
John Calhoun

Evening Program

6:00 PM

Cocktails / Voodoo Restaurant
Door Prizes

7:00 PM

Banquet / Voodoo Restaurant
Banquet Address: “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Larva”
Andrei Sourakov

Sunday, September 19
McGuire Center (Powell Classroom)

9-10 AM

Annual Business Meetings (separate for ATL and SLS)

Morning Session
Moderator: Charles Covell

10 AM

The Schaus Swallowtail Story: View After Twenty Years
Thomas C. Emmel and Jaret C. Daniels

10:20 AM

Adventures with Homerus Swallowtails in Jamaica
Matt Lehnert

10:40 AM

Survival, Intrapopulation Movement, and Population Biology of the Subalpine Butterfly Parnassius smintheus (Papilionidae)
David Duncan

11 AM

What’s for Dinner: A Look at the Role of Phytochemicals in Butterfly Diets
Gary N. Ross