Protect the Waterfront. Plants planted along the water’s edge, both in the water and along the shoreline have many benefits. They naturally add aesthetic value, help reduce erosion and filter pollution. They create nursery habitat ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, WildlifeThis catchy phrase coined by Robert Turpin (Escambia County Marine Resources Division) describes the new invader to our marine waters. Many coastal residents are aware of the invasive lionfish that has invaded our local reefs but few have probably ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, WildlifeTallahassee Democrat October 31, 2014 Photos by Kathy Kinsey and Danie Turner By Kathy Kinsey ‘She was a long cool woman in a black dress’ always comes to mind when I think about the Black ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Over the past year I have been hearing from clientele in the upper and lower Keys about a thick webbing on their plants. At the October 2014 Big Pine Key October Plant Clinic I received a sample of three pumpkin seed like structures with webbing. ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, WildlifeIn the last few weeks we have received an increase in calls about snake encounters. Most of these have dealt with small juvenile snakes folks are finding on their property, or in their homes, but we are also hearing about large ones. Corn snakes ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, WildlifeGuest Article for the Tallahassee Democrat October 10, 2014 Photos by Kathy Kinsey By Kathy Kinsey Looking like a miniature Yorkie sporting his new Christmas blanket, the saddleback caterpillar is ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, WildlifeWe are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The imperial moth, Eacles imperialis imperialis (Drury, 1773), is one of our largest and most beautiful moths. It is also ... READ MORE
Category: Forests, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Recreation, WildlifeMonarch butterflies are an ambassador of the insect world. We have all seen a monarch butterfly, brilliant orange and black flying gracefully from flower to flower in our landscapes. Many of us take for granted this gossamer visitor, and think ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, WildlifeWe are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Anopheles gambiae is the most efficient vector of human malaria in the Afrotropical Region (CDC 2010). Thus, it is commonly ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease, WildlifeTallahassee Democrat Photo by Kathy Kinsey August 29, 2014 By Kathy Kinsey Over the river and through the woods, it’s off to the garden I go….a bugger extraordinaire, the dragonfly is to the insect ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife