Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Karen Schuster (Class of 2009) took this fabulous photograph of a marvelous male julia butterfly (Dryas iulia largo) at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Males are more brightly colored than females, and females have a complete black band near the…
Hammock plants are the most widely used native plants for landscaping, and some of them -- like wild coffee (Psychotria nervosa) and saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) -- are quite versatile. Shiny-leaved wild coffee thrives under an oak canopy in hammock…
Along the hammock trail at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, the handiwork of crafty moth larvae is evident upon the leaves of shiny-leaved wild coffee (Psychotria nervosa). Unroll the leaf, and you are most likely to find only frass (insect…
Dr. Jay Barnhart, a self-described mycophile, gave a marvelous, updated What Fungus is Among Us? talk on Saturday, November 15, in the Boathouse of the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory followed by a mushroom-seeking walk. We did not find any mushrooms.…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 