Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Drought is a difficult term to define, but we all know it when we see it. Pictured above is the mosquito control impoundment once overlooked by the tall Observation Tower at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area in February of 2009.…
When we visited the Coastal Oaks Preserve on 2/26/22, we saw lots of tasselflower (Emilia fosbergii). Also called Cupid's shaving brush, tasselflower has tiny bell-shaped reddish or pinkish flowers that are visited by bees and butterflies. Wind is thought to…
This Florida butterfly orchid (Encyclia tampensis) was flowering and forming seed pods in the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory parking lot. We tend to look for Nature in parks and conservation areas and not where we park. Marylou Rethman (Class of…
It's a girl crab (spider)! University of Florida's Featured Creatures describes the spineybacker orbweaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis) as "one of the most colorful spiders in Florida" and as "one of the most conspicuous." The information in this post comes from that…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 