Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Donna Winter (Class of 2016) emailed this wonderful photo of a clearwing hummingbird moth (Hemaris thysbe) in her garden in Canada -- in honor of National Moth Week. This day-active moth is found throughout most of Canada and the eastern…
Lots of people love only some Lepidoptera. It's the beautiful butterflies that get nearly all of the attention. Moths, the other Lepidoptera, often get overlooked perhaps because most of them are creatures of the night and some of them are…
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) is full of fabulous white round balls of flowers in spring and summer. The genus name, Cephalanthus, means flowering (anthus) head (cephal), and the species name, occidentalis, means of or from the West. This beautiful plant of moist places…
At the third session of the 2018 Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL) Volunteer Nature Stewardship class, Life in the Pits & Treetops, a bit of life in shrubs commanded a great deal of attention. Tom Wilson spotted a camouflaged critter…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 