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Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

by John Wells
January 11, 2013

The adult has a wingspan of 3-1/2" to 5-1/2". The upper surface of the wings is brown with a row of large yellow spots along the margins and a prominent diagonal yellow band. The undersurface of the wings appears bright yellow. It is often seen ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Big Bend Bugs!, Big Bend Wakulla, Bug Identification, Bugs, Environment, Landscape, Les Harrison, Natural Wakulla, Nature, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County Extension

Giant Swallowtail Caterpillar

by John Wells
January 11, 2013

This caterpillar is 1-1/2" to 2" long when mature and has a blotchy brown-and-white pattern. It looks remarkably like a bird dropping throughout its larval stages. These caterpillars feed primarily on citrus and are called "orange dogs" because ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Big Bend Bugs!, Big Bend Wakulla, Bug Identification, Bugs, Environment, Landscape, Les Harrison, Natural Wakulla, Nature, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County Extension

Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly

by John Wells
January 11, 2013

The large yellow butterfly has a wingspan of 2" to 2-1/2". It migrates through Florida annually and can be found in the state for most of the year. It shows a preference for red blossoms such as those of the shrimp plant, railroad vine, Turk's ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Big Bend Bugs!, Big Bend Wakulla, Bug Identification, Bugs, Environment, Landscape, Les Harrison, Natural Wakulla, Nature, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County Extension

Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillar

by John Wells
January 11, 2013

This caterpillar is 1-1/2" to 2" long when fully developed. It has a pebbly surface and bears a distinct lateral yellow stripe running the length of the body. Larvae feed on Cassia spp., favoring sicklepod and partridge pea. View the cloudless ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Big Bend Bugs!, Big Bend Wakulla, Bug Identification, Bugs, Environment, Landscape, Les Harrison, Natural Wakulla, Nature, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County Extension

Help Us, Help You

by John Wells
January 2, 2013

Help Us To Better Serve You Tell us how we are doing... We would love to her what you think about our events, workshops, programs, and information. Tell us what we can improve upon, and what we are doing well. We want to know your thoughts! ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H Youth Development, Agriculture, Aquaculture, Big Bend Bugs!, Community, EFNEP, Environment, Families & Consumers, Family And Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, Farming, FCS, FYCS, General Information, Health, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, Shelley Swenson, Sherri Kraeft, Sustainable Big Bend, Sustainable Living, UF/IFAS Extension, Wakulla, Wakulla 4H, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County Extension

Air Potatoes – Exotic Pest

by John Wells
December 6, 2012

Science fiction has a lot of entertainment value. Imaginative authors are able to take a collection of improbable characteristics and encapsulate them in one being, then place the subject in a foreign location. Contact with the indigenous ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources
Tags: Air Potatoes, Big Bend Wakulla, Landscape, Les Harrison, Native Plants, Natural Wakulla, Nature, Pest, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County Extension

Gall Wasps

by John Wells
November 30, 2012

The thinning leaves of autumn unveil and expose many of the trees in Wakulla County which have been concealed by their green cloak during the warmer months. Oaks, both deciduous and evergreen, may reveal a collection of knotty, hard tumor-like ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Big Bend Bugs!, Big Bend Wakulla, Bugs, Community, Environment, Gall Wasps, General Information, Landscape, Les Harrison, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, Nature, Trees, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County Extension

Gall Wasps

by John Wells
November 30, 2012

The thinning leaves of autumn unveil and expose many of the trees in Wakulla County which have been concealed by their green cloak during the warmer months. Oaks, both deciduous and evergreen, may reveal a collection of knotty, hard tumor-like ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Big Bend Bugs!, Big Bend Wakulla, Bug Identification, Bugs, Environment, Gall Wasps, Landscape, Les Harrison, Natural Wakulla, Nature, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County Extension

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