Photo above shows a male Evarcha culicivora. (Image provided by Lisa Taylor, UF/IFAS) For a creature that – legs and all – might be no larger than a pencil eraser, spiders continue to surprise researchers with their cognitive abilities. Lisa ... READ MORE
Category: NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Research
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Male jumping spiders will try to mate with any female, but that lack of discretion could cost them their lives, says a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher. In a newly ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS ResearchVideo available at: http://bit.ly/2jveL0r GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Insects and art intersect in a unique campus-wide sculpture and animation contest organized by University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences entomologists. In ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers are reaching out to citizen scientists to find nests of the black and yellow mud dauber wasp (Sceliphron caementarium) – also known as the ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Jumping spiders, voracious predators that eat pests around the world, can learn to distinguish the color red in their prey, thus allowing them to avoid toxicity in what they consume, according to new research led by a ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research