Friends of the Carlton Reserve
1800 Mabry Carlton Parkway
Venice, FL 34292
Saving the Giant Air Plant Bromeliad Weevil Report
to Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies by Dr. Teresa Cooper UF Entomologist
Click on weevil, go to links.
or visit these sites:
https://www.facebook.com/SaveBromeliads/
The Evil Weevil , Part 1, The Florida Field Journal by Darryl Saffer
on You Tube and The Education Channel
The Evil Weevil , Part 2, The Florida Field Journal by Darryl Saffer
on You Tube and The Education Channel
The Evil Weevil, part 3 The Florida Field Journal by Darryl Saffer
on You Tube and The Education Channel
Sarasota County and Selby Gardens has hosted several workshops on bromeliads threatened by the Mexican weevil. The conference was attended by staff members, researchers and volunteers from several agencies and natural lands--including Florida State parks, the University of Florida, New College, Sarasota County, Selby and Naples Botanical Gardens and volunteers--to learn about and discuss strategies to save several threatened species of bromeliad, especially tillandsia utriculata, Giant Air Plant, GAP, (pictured at left with emerging bloom spike)
University of Florida Department of Entomology and Nematology--featured pest, Mexican Bromeliad Weevil updated April, 2016
Bruce Holst's photo gallery of the Fakahatchee Tillandsia utriculata intervention
Bruce Holst's photo gallery of the Fakahatchee Tillandsia utriculata intervention part 2
“Save Florida’s Native Bromeliads” Click here for more information.
Tillandsia utriculata against the exotic invasive arthropod species
Metamasius callizona
Katie Schulman, Dr. John Herman, Dr. Teresa Cooper
Shown above left is the native Florida bromeliad weevil Metamasius mosieri Barber
On the right is the invasive Mexican bromeliad weevil Metamasius callizona
Useful Links
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Website & Info:
Park Naturalist
Meghan Harris Meyer
Link to searchable U.S. map resources with parks, trails, campgrounds, historical sites, marinas, etc.
Sarasota County
Field Guide
to Conservation Lands
(download 64pp. PDF)
