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Meet Dr. Jaret Daniels, the curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History's McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity and Professor of Entomology at the University of Florida. That’s right, a butterfly expert.

He talks to Cathy and Jon about how why some milkweed makes monarchs want to have sex – and whether or not that’s a bad thing, where to see the best butterflies in the Florida Keys, and whether or not Florida has invasive butterflies.

Find his books on Amazon or at an indie bookseller, and if you have a chance, visit his open  lab at UF where he works with conservation and rare species. 

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