Jaret C. Daniels

jcdnls@ufl.edu

Education

• B.S., Biology, St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1990
• Ph.D., Entomology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1999

Employment

• Assistant Professor of Entomology, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, 2006-present
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 2004-2006

Research and Teaching Responsibilities

• My research focuses on insect ecology and conservation, with particular emphasis on Lepidoptera. I am specifically interested in seasonal ecology, population dynamics, behavior, and imperiled species recovery.

Grants

• PI - Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund. “Florida Butterfly Monitoring Network.” 2006-2007, $18,400.
• PI - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “Florida Butterfly Publication.” 2006-2007, $15,687.
• PI - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. “Conservation of the Endangered Miami Blue Butterfly.” 2005-2007, $35,000.
• Co-PI - Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund. “Miami Blue Butterfly Conservation.” 2005-2006, $19,700.
• Co-PI – Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission/Wildlife Foundation of Florida. “Continued Captive Propagation and Reintroduction of the Endangered Miami blue Butterfly.” 2005-2006, $42,000.
• Co-PI – Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “Molecular Diversity of the State-Endangered Miami Blue Butterfly.” 2005-2007, $57,230.
• Co-PI – Florida Wildflower Advisory Council. “Educating the Public about Florida’s Wildflowers and Butterflies.” 2005-2006, $94,409.
• Co-PI - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “Florida Butterfly Monitoring Network.” 2005-2006, $27,589.
• Co-PI – AZA Conservation Endowment Fund. “Florida Butterfly Monitoring Network.” 2004-2006, $27,730.
• Co-PI – Elizabeth Ordway Dunn Foundation. “Conservation of the State-Endangered Miami Blue Butterfly.” 2005-2006, $10,000.
• Co-PI – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Conservation Biology of Rare Tropical Hardwood Hammock Butterfly Species in South Florida.” 2003-2006, $21,613.
• Co-PI – Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “Captive Propagation and Reintroduction of the State-Endangered Miami Blue Butterfly.” 2004-2005, $38,331.
• Co-PI – Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “The Potential Impact of Mosquito Control Adulticides on the Miami Blue Butterfly.” 2004-2006, $37,044.
• Co-PI – Elizabeth Ordway Dunn Foundation. “Habitat Enhancement and Reintroduction of the State Endangered Miami Blue Butterfly.” 2004, $15,000.
• Co-PI – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Status Survey and Monitoring of the Rare Miami Blue Butterfly.” 2003-2004, $20,912.
• Co-PI – Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “Captive Propagation of the State-Endangered Miami Blue Butterfly.” 2002-2003, $24,690.

Selected Publications

• Saarinen, E.V., and J.C. Daniels. 2006. Miami blue butterfly larvae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): New information on the symbionts of an endangered taxon. Florida Entomologist 89 (1): 69-74.
• Daniels, J.C., J.A. Pence, and T.C. Emmel. 2006 (in press). Notes on the ovipositional behavior of Leptotes cassius theonus (Lycaenidae: Lycaeninae) in the lower Florida Keys. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 60 (2): 102-103.
• Daniels, J.C., J.A. Pence, and T.C. Emmel. 2006 (in press). Additional records of Cyclargus ammon (Lycaenidae: Lycaeninae) in the Florida Keys. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 60 (2): 101-102.
• Daniels, J.C., J.A. Pence, and T.C. Emmel. A new hostplant record for Strymon martialis (Lycaenidae: Theclinae) in the Florida Keys. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 59 (3): 174-175.
• J.C. Daniels. 2005. BUTTERFLIES OF MICHIGAN: FIELD GUIDE. Adventure Publications, Cambridge, MN. 376 pp.
• J.C. Daniels. 2004. BUTTERFLIES OF THE CAROLINAS: FIELD GUIDE. Adventure Publications: Cambridge, MN. 414 pp.
• J.C. Daniels. 2004. BUTTERFLIES OF GEORGIA: FIELD GUIDE. Adventure Publications: Cambridge, MN. 408 pp.
• J.C. Daniels. 2004. BUTTERFLIES OF OHIO: FIELD GUIDE. Adventure Publications: Cambridge, MN. 344 pp.

Revised July 2006