Spiny Orb-Weaver
The spiny orb-weaver spider is one of the most colorful and easily recognized spiders in Florida. The dorsum of the abdomen is usually white with black spots and large red spines on the margin. Females are 5 mm… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EcM)
Some residents have recently discovered bleached patches of matter with all the appearance of snow, but none of the negative or positive side effects. Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EcM) has suddenly appeared in clumps reminiscent of a snowfall’s last remains… Read More
GREEN CLEANING WORKSHOP
Shelley Swenson Family and Consumer Sciences/ Expanded Food and Nutrition Program UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension GREEN CLEANING WORKSHOP January 26, 2013 WAKULLA EXTENSION FACILITY 9:30 -11:30 a.m. $10.00/participant. Pre-Registration Necessary Many people believe that hazardous or toxic chemicals… Read More
Wolf Spiders
Wolf spiders belong to the family Lycosidae. They are very common and usually found on the ground, where they are well-camouflaged.
Jumping Spiders
Jumping spiders The jumping spiders belong to the family Salticidae and are sometimes called salticids. All species are small, usually less than 15 mm long. They are easily identified by their eye arrangement, which is in three rows…. Read More
Smilax
Les Harrison Ag & Natural Resources Agent County Extension Director UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Certainly, Sleeping Beauty’s narcoleptic respite was secured by this plant. It is the very image of a noxious bramble that would be conjured up… Read More
Crab Spider
Crab spiders are so named because they hold their legs to the side in a crab-like fashion. They are commonly 5 mm to 10 mm long. These spiders do not spin webs, but wait in ambush on flowers… Read More
Carpenter Ant
Carpenter ants are large ants that nest in hollows of wood. The nest is usually associated with wood decay or termite damage in a house. Outdoors, carpenter ants nest in mulch or debris. The Florida carpenter ant is… Read More
Imported Fire Ant
The Imported Fire Ant lives in mounds usually located outdoors on the ground surface. Sometimes colonies can be located in debris on the flat roof of commercial buildings. The ants have a well-developed stinger and can inflict a… Read More
Pharaoh Ant
Pharaoh Ants nest in dark voids inside or around structures. Usual nest locations are wall voids, behind molding, in insulation in refrigerators, in cardboard, between sheets of paper and in soil of potted plants. Electric outlets and switch… Read More