Category: Forests

New on Featured Creatures! Giant woolly bear (larva), giant or great leopard moth (adult)

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
August 11, 2014

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The giant leopard moth is our largest eastern tiger moth. It was formerly in the family Arctiidae which now composes the ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, Recreation, Wildlife
Tags: Featured Creatures, FL Natives, Pest Alert, UF-IFAS Pest Alert

The Beautiful Life of a Dead Tree or Dead Trees I’ve Known and Loved

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 25, 2014

Tallahassee Democrat July 25, 2014 By Jody Walthall Photo by Lilly Anderson-Messec: Bald Cypress What is the most important tree in the forest? Tallahasseean, Jim Stevenson, former Chief Naturalist ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources
Tags: Birds, July-September 2014, Mammals, Reptiles, Woodpecker

Is it true that there are brown recluse spiders in Florida?

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
May 20, 2014

That depends on your definition of ‘here.’ No breeding populations of any species of recluse spiders (Loxosceles laeta, Loxosceles reclusa, and Loxosceles rufescens have all been found in the state), has been found in any Florida county ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Forests, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, Work & Life
Tags: Brown Recluse Spider, BugWeek, Dangerous, Entomology, FAQ

New on Featured Creatures! Black salt marsh mosquito.

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
May 6, 2014

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The black salt marsh mosquito, Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann), is very common in the eastern coastal areas of the Americas, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Forests, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Featured Creatures, Mosquitoes, Pest Alert

Why is my area so bug-infested?

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
May 6, 2014

These are some common questions- Why are there so many bugs in Florida? Not species but individual bugs. Why is my area so bug-infested? Why are there sometimes so many bugs of a certain type, like love bug swarms? Florida’s warm, humid ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Bug, BugWeek, Entomology, FAQ, Insects, Pest

UF/IFAS scientist helps write national ‘roadmap’ for natural resources

by Lourdes Mederos
May 6, 2014

A UF/IFAS forest biologist is among the authors of a new Association of Public and Land-grant Universities report that outlines six “grand challenges” facing the U.S. in the areas of sustainability, water, climate change, agriculture, ... READ MORE

Category: Forests

The new Austin Cary Learning Center to be dedicated Saturday

by Lourdes Mederos
April 3, 2014

GAINESVILLE – Three years ago, a fire destroyed the Austin Cary Learning Center, a university and community resource used by students, alumni, professionals and the community. On Saturday, its newly built replacement will be dedicated ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Forests, UF/IFAS
Tags: Austin Cary Forest, Jack Payne, Tim White

Longleaf Pine Workshop – May, 14

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 27, 2014

For more information contact Mark Mauldin. 850-638-6180 eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return(c35?String.fromCharCode(c+29):c.toString(36))};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--)d[e(c)]=k[c]||e(c);k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Natural Resources
Tags: Forestry, Longleaf Pine, Natural Resources

New on Featured Creatures! Tussock moths.

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
March 19, 2014

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Tussock moths in the genus Orgyia are small moths that are best-known because of their attractive larvae. ABOVE: ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation
Tags: Featured Creatures, FL Natives, Moths, Pest Alert, UF-IFAS Pest Alert

UF/IFAS researchers on team that sequenced, assembled, and annotated loblolly pine genome

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 19, 2014

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- To look at the humble loblolly pine – grown in neat rows on large farms throughout the southeastern U.S. and milled for things like building lumber and paper – you would never think that its genetic code is seven ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Forests, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Forestry

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