Thursday, March 1st, at 7:00pm
FSU King Life Sciences Building, Room 1024
319 Stadium Dr. Tallahassee, FL 32304
Butterflies are a beautiful and enchanting part of our native biodiversity. These stunning organisms form relationships with the native plants that inhabit the ecosystems and can come to depend on these plants to survive. Dean and Sally Jue will discuss the common butterflies of North Florida, and the native plants they have adapted to depend upon. Facebook event HERE.
oth have had lifelong interests in natural history, with Dean receiving his undergraduate degree in Zoology from the University of California at Berkeley and Sally receiving hers in Biology from Emory University. Since their retirement from Florida State University in 2016, they continue to monitor the status of rare butterfly species throughout Florida and serve on the Imperiled Butterflies of Florida Work Group, a group of local, state, and federal agencies and non-governmental stakeholders dedicated to increasing or stabilizing butterfly populations in Florida and safeguarding important habitats.
Field Trip: Butterflies of Torreya State Park
Saturday, March 3rd
2576 NW Torreya Park Rd, Bristol, FL 32321
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Our field trip will take us on a beautiful experience through Torreya State Park. We will meet at the parking lot by Newk's at 9:00 AM. We will start by walking down to the stone bridge at Rock Creek to look for butterflies such as Yucca Giant-Skipper and Spring Azure, among others, next we will go to the Gregory House to look for Henry's Elfins in the redbuds. As we reach the campgrounds keep an eye out for Mourning Cloak a rare butterfly in Florida that may be present this time of year. If interest is high enough we can visit Aspalaga Landing as the Wild Comfrey should be blooming, as well as other interesting plants.
The nature trail walk should be very easy and should last until 2-3, after which we will disperse for lunch (or visit other interesting places within the park.) The park entrance fee is $3 per vehicle.
If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to either the Facebook event HERE, or email Helen Roth
If you have any questions (or wish to RSVP), please contact Helen Roth at troth001@comcast.net or cell phone 850-980-1941.
