Seasonal White Migration

Folks sometimes think that monarch butterflies as the only butterflies that migrate. Though their migration distance is not nearly as dramatic as that of monarchs, great southern white butterflies (Ascia monuste) sometimes migrate from 20 to 40 miles in two…

Oyster Bar Marsh

Many thanks to Dave Fuss, Indian River Land Trust (IRLT) Director of Stewardship, for leading a wonderful walk at the recently opened Oyster Bar Marsh Conservation Area. Indian River County purchased much of the property in 2001, and the IRLT…

Great Southern White

As a few of us lingered at the end of our walk at Coastal Oaks Preserve, a somewhat tattered great southern white butterfly (Ascia monuste) was sipping nectar from two nearby native plants, oakleaf fleabane (Erigeron quercifoliius) ... ... and…

Pretty Pepperweed

Virginia pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum) was lush and lovely at the Coastal Oaks Preserve when we visited on 2/26/2022. Native from southern Canada through most of the U.S. to central America, this wildflower can be weedy elsewhere and in its native…