Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
The 2020 Volunteer Nature Stewardship class began on Saturday, January 18, 2020 and included a nature walk at south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). Special thanks Mate, our walk mascot, the woodle pictured at the lower right. Special thanks to…
Did you know that the Roundhouse at the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL), University of Florida, pictured above, was built to study the flight behavior of mosquitoes? Mosquitoes are more deadly than humans ... Always protect yourself against mosquito biting:…
Read More It’s National Mosquito Control Awareness Week 2017!
Today, 8/20/2016, is not only National Honeybee Day. It also is World Mosquito Day. Until the recent emergence of Zika virus in the western hemisphere, mosquito-borne disease has not garnered much media attention. Now, Zika is in our national &…
We tend to not think of mosquitoes as pollinators, but, remember that only female mosquitoes bite. Male (and female) mosquitoes nectar upon plants for the "fuel" with which to complete their life cycle. Female mosquitoes (for the most part) need…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 