Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Annual saw palmetto flowering and fruiting are significant ecological events that attract hundreds of insect species, and provide food for bird and mammal species. Mary E. Carrington, et. al., Pollination Biology of Saw Palmetto in Southwestern Florida, Palms, Volume 47(2), 2003…
Today, 8/20/2016, is national honeybee day. Honeybees (Apis mollifera) are "imports" from Europe that are "farmed" (and trucked) to perform pollination services for a variety of crops and to produce honey. Our nation's beekeepers report a decline of 44% from…
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…
The night-blooming cereus (Hylocereus undatus) in our yard flowered last night and is pictured above this morning. This tropical plant is regarded as invasive in the Keys and south Florida. It blooms -- at night -- only once per year; Its…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 