Category: Wildlife

October Wildlife Happenings

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October 5, 2015

October is when the fall season really sets in. Besides cooler temperatures and shorter daylight hours, this month will bring about new animals and wildlife activity. Find out how Florida's wildlife spend their fall in October wildlife happenings. ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, Wildlife
Tags: #ufbugs, Environment Hot Topic, Florida Animals, Florida Plants, Florida Wildlife, October Wildlife Happenings, Wildlife, Wildlife Happenings

Wildlife Food Plots – Considerations for Success and Workshop on 10/8

by BLOGS.IFAS
October 2, 2015

As summer browse dwindles the habitat improvement associate with wildlife food plots becomes even more evident.Photo Credit: Mark Mauldin Improving habitat can benefit the quantity and quality of wildlife on a piece of property. One common method ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: 10/8, Considerations, Food, Panhandle Outdoors, Plots, Success, Wildlife, Workshop

Wildlife Food Plots – Considerations for Success and Workshop on 10/8

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 29, 2015

Improving habitat can benefit the quantity and quality of wildlife on a piece of property. One common method for improving habitat is the establishment of food plots. Food plots are simply areas that are managed for the production of forages ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Food Plots, Natural Resources, Wildlife

Sarasota County joins Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, and so can you

by sspriggs
September 28, 2015

Be a part of the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge and help save bees, butterflies, birds, bats and other pollinators responsible for one out of three bites of food we take. Pollinator populations have plummeted in recent years, for a variety ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Challenge, Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, PolliNATION, Pollinator

Monarchs and Aphids Munch on Milkweed

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 21, 2015

Les Harrison is the Wakulla County Extension Director The cool evening and noticeably shorter days remind Wakulla County residents of the impending season change. The autumn equinox is a week away. One of the much anticipated events in fall ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Agriculture, Aphids, Bugs, Education, Environment, Environmentally Friendly, Extension, Farming, Florida, Garden, General Information, Horticulture, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Migration, Monarch, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, The Wakulla News, Wakulla Agriculture, Wakulla County Extension

FLIRting with Chicks

by WEC
September 21, 2015

Dr. Theron Terhune has been mastering his FLIRting technique - FLIRting with Northern Bobwhite Quail chicks that is. As the Fall’s first speaker in the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Seminar series, Dr. Terhune discussed his ongoing research ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife

Reef Fish Return to the Deep!

by Angela Collins
September 17, 2015

Posted by Angela Collins, Ph.D. - Florida Sea Grant Agent Reef fisheries are economically important to commercial and recreational industries throughout the state of Florida. Most species are carefully managed through quotas, size limits ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, Recreation, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Fisheries, Fishing, Florida Sea Grant, Grouper, Recreational Fishing, Research

Io Caterpillars

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 8, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is a well-known phrase, commonly associated with physical attractiveness. In the case of Io moths, beauty is in the beholder of the eyes. ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Animal, Bug, Butterfly, Caterpillar, Environment, Extension, Florida, Garden, General Information, Grow, Growing, Insect, Io, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Moth, Native, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, Nature, Pest, Pest Management, Plant, Plants, Trees, UF-IFAS, Vegetables, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Got Pollinators?

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 4, 2015

Tallahassee Democrat September 4, 2015 By Will Sheftall and Arlo Kane Maybe you’ve done a great job creating a butterfly or hummingbird garden, but did you know that these animals don’t do the bulk of nature’s pollination work? Hmm. We’ve ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Brown-eyed Susan, Honey Bees, Native Bees, October-December 2015

Cicadas in Florida

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 31, 2015

If you hear a loud buzz coming from trees in the daytime, the noise is most likely caused by cicadas. These buzzing critters make their presence known by leaving their brown exoskeletons on tree trunks and shrubs. Cicadas can be found throughout ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, Wildlife
Tags: #ufbugs, Bugs, Cicada, Cicadas, Environment Hot Topic, Florida Bugs

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