Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
You will find this native dime-sized daisy growing along roadsides, in ruderal areas, and in your own yard. Beggarticks, Spanish needles, and monkey's lice are among the many common names for Bidens alba. It hitch-hikes around admirably ... The nectar…
Diane Morgan (Class of 2012) sent this photo of a julia butterfly (Dryas iulia) taken today at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Julia butterflies are long-lived, and older butterflies may show the tattering signs of 'life'. Like the related brush-footed…
Corkystem passionflower vine is a larval host plant for 3 species of brush-footed butterflies: Julia (Dryas iulia), gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae), and zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia). The dime-sized fruits of this well-behaved vine contain many seeds and are spread by…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 