Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) is a weedy, non-native plant that is a larval host for monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). You will find this milkweed growing in sunny, disturbed places including along Oslo Road at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA)…
Sharp-eyed Trich Kruza (Class of 2015) spotted the tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) in the foreground of this photo taken at Treasure Hammock Ranch, where we visited on 3-3-2019. Lots of this weedy, non-native milkweed was flourishing in the pasture, but…
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Donna Winter (Class of 2016) pointed at a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) along Olso Road at the very end of the first session of the 2016 Volunteer Nature Stewardship Class. Shown above are monarch butterfly caterpillars (larvae) feeding upon non-native tropical…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 