Thanks to Mary Ester and George Bollis (Class of 2020) for this beautiful photo of a red-waisted floral moth (Syngamia florella). This photo was taken at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area on 2/22/2020 during the final walk of the Florida…
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Saltwort Eater
Karen Schuster (Class of 2009) shared this photograph of a great southern white butterfly (Ascia monuste) that she took at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR). We also saw this butterfly on our field trip to the Winter Beach Salt…
Mite-y leaf gall
Galls are the result of intimate, long co-evolved relationships between a gallmaker (often an insect) and a plant species (or related species). Galls come in a variety of shapes and sizes and usually are found on a particular part of…
Weeds of Wednesday: Cure-for-All
Donna Winter (Class of 2016) shared the photos above cure-for-all (Pluchea carolinensis), a plant that we saw at the Winter Beach Salt Marsh on a field trip on 3/8/2020 led by Dave Fuss, Indian River Land Trust Director of Stewardship.…
