Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Lovebugs (Plecia neartica) don't bite but can become a nuisance due to their (sometimes) sheer numbers. Carbon dioxide attracts them, and a voluminous number of them end up "collected" on the windshields and bumpers of unsuspecting cars. No, they there…
Lots of insects visit the sweetly fragrant flowers of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) including lovebugs (Plecia nearctica). Lovebugs emerge in large numbers twice a year: Late spring (April/May) and fall (August/September). Male lovebugs emerge before the females. Once coupled, the…
Now is the time when the sweet scent of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) perfumes the air. This usually low-growing palm (repens means reclining) grows throughout the entire state of Florida. It is endemic to southeastern U.S. from Louisiana to North…
It's that time of year, again! Love bugs flourish twice per year: April - May and August - September. Love bugs on frostweed (Verbesina virginica) Love bugs on saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) Also know as honeymoon bugs, double-headed bugs, and…
