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Visiting the Hole-in-the-Donut Restoration Area 2022 for the 2024 CNC after blacklighting at Long Pine Key before sunrise.

More info about the Hole-in-the Donut restoration area:
https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/hidprogram.htm

iNaturalist Project for the HID:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/everglades-national-park-hole-in-the-donut-restoration

My blacklighting observations from LPK:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-04-28&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&user_id=joemdo

More details in general about my 2024 City Nature Challenge:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/joemdo/93673-city-nature-challenge-2024

With Don Fraser, Clint Gibson, and many others; a nocturnal moth survey, organized by Virginia "Ginny" Hamilton of The Nature Conservancy. There were two moth arrays about 600 feet apart. This was the second array, set up in an open flatwoods site adjacent to a marsh. I have ignored several tiny to small, generic-shaped beetles and other small insects, most of which probably could not be identified by my photographs. By my count -- and I spent some time sorting through all my photographs -- I am submitting 104 records (I combined images of the same [presumed] individuals in many cases): 62 moths, 1 ant, 1 ant lion, 10 beetles, 2 "bugs," 1 cockroach, 1 dragonfly, 4 flies, 2 frogs (audio), 2 leafhoppers, 1 mantidfly, 1 mayfly, 6 mosquitoes, 3 spiders (from the ground nearby), 1 "something," 1 treehopper, and 1 wasp.

All of these photographs were taken with my Panasonic Lumix FZ80 (with a broken exposure setting knob) and the built-in flash. The flash worked magically.

Note: Except for a few cases, I cannot identify ANY of these species with certainty. I am relying ENTIRELY on iNat's artificial intelligence/machine learning. So, no guessing, please!

Don and I left the preserve at 2250 and headed home. I arrived at 0159 Sunday morning.

With Don Fraser, Clint Gibson, and many others; a nocturnal moth survey, organized by Virginia "Ginny" Hamilton of The Nature Conservancy. We spent about 75 minutes around the main buikding, iNatting and socializing.

Came to a blacklight at Long Pine Key on one of the bathrooms.

My blacklighting observations from LPK before sunrise:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-04-28&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&user_id=joemdo

Video showing the lights I use for a typical setup:
https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk

Blacklighting project for Florida: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blacklighting-florida

More details in general about my 2024 City Nature Challenge:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/joemdo/93673-city-nature-challenge-2024

Visiting a sheet I set up in Mosier Hammock. I had two other areas lit by blacklights as well.

My blacklighting observations from LPK before sunrise:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-04-28&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&user_id=joemdo

Video showing the lights I use for a typical setup:
https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk

Blacklighting project for Florida: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blacklighting-florida

More details in general about my 2024 City Nature Challenge:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/joemdo/93673-city-nature-challenge-2024