Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Karen Schuster (Class of 2009) took this fabulous photograph of a marvelous male julia butterfly (Dryas iulia largo) at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Males are more brightly colored than females, and females have a complete black band near the…
Karen Schuster sent this photo taken at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area of a male great southern white butterfly (Ascia monuste) on common beggarticks (Bidens alba), a favored nectar source. The yellowish marking on the hindwing is indicative of the…
Felcity Rask (Class of 2015) sent this beautiful photograph of a late stage black swallowtail butterfly (Papilo polyxenes asterius) on mockbishopsweed (Ptilimnium capillaceum), one of its many larval host plants, near the Toni Robinson Waterfront Trail. Also known as herb…
Karen Schuster not only led a wonderful nature walk at the Brevard Barrier Island Sanctuary and Education Center. At the same time she took the photos shown here! Pictured above is coralbean (Erythrina herbacaea) which was flowering fabulously and profusely.…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 