Online presentation to highlight importance of native plants as insect habitat
Adults of the moth Schinia florida, pictured on an evening primrose flower. Northfield naturalist Charley Eiseman said the caterpillars of this species feed in evening primrose flower buds and fruits. Contributed Photo/CHARLEY EISEMAN
Northfield naturalist Charley Eiseman, pictured in 2016 while teaching a workshop at the Edge of Appalachia Preserve in West Union, Ohio, holding a Virginia creeper leaf being “mined” by larvae of a weevil that was named after Eiseman Orchestomerus eisemani. Contributed Photo/CHARLEY EISEMAN
A larva of the sawfly Sterictiphora serotina feeds on a black cherry leaf. Contributed Photo/CHARLEY EISEMAN