Utan Paradise Jungle Camp, Crocker Range National Park (Taman Negara Banjaran Crocker), Sabah, Borneo.
NOTE
There are possibly two collections here. Online references are very ambiguous about which is which, to the extent that they are separate collections from separate parts of Chiapas at all. The two locations I’ve been able to find are
Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico (http://www2.tap-ecosur.edu.mx/hongos/)
and
Las Cabañas, Cantón Providencia, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico (article below)
I’m pretty sure the man with the mustache is Rene Andrade. The other two are, for the moment, unknown. I’m posting below what has proven to be the most comprehensive article on these possibly identical, possibly separate Chiapan Macrocybe finds from June 2007, as well as all the images I’ve been able to find of both men with both/the same mushroom(s). All photo credits are tentatively listed as belonging to El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (Ecosur):
from http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2007/311305.html:
Hallan hongo gigante en Chiapas
Notimex en San Cristóbal de Las Casas | Academia | Fecha: 11-jul-07
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (Ecosur) reportó el hallazgo de un hongo gigante con diámetro y altura de 70 centímetros en ambas escalas, y 20 kilogramos de peso, lo que lo haría el más grande de su especie encontrado en Chiapas. En un comunicado, la institución reportó que el mes pasado personal del Ecosur halló un hongo gigante en Las Cabañas, Cantón Providencia, municipio de Tapachula, a unos kilómetros de la frontera con Guatemala. Trabajadores de la línea Manejo Integrado de Plagas, que realizaban una práctica de campo en el lugar, fueron informados por pobladores de la región sobre la existencia del hongo gigante. Al acudir y ver sus dimensiones, reportaron el hallazgo al personal de la línea Hongos Tropicales de la misma institución. El curador de la colección micológica del Ecosur, René Andrade, viajó con otras personas al lugar para colectar el hongo, particularmente sobresaliente por su tamaño y su poca frecuencia en México. Según el informe, el hongo pesa más de 20 kilogramos, tiene una altura y diámetro de 70 centímetros en ambos casos. El hongo fue trasladado a la sede del Ecosur en Tapachula para ser estudiado; los especialistas determinaron que se trata de una especie que ya había sido encontrada anteriormente en Chiapas. Agregó al respecto que ya tienen dos ejemplares más de esa especie vegetal, uno de ellos de 50 centímetros de diámetro (colectado en fragmentos). El otro espécimen fresco medía 25 centímetros de diámetro. Su nombre científico es Macrocybe Titans Pegler, Lodge y Nakasone y es sinónimo de Tricholoma cistidiosa Cifuentes y Guzmán. Dicha especie fue reportada como nueva para México en 1981, dentro del Parque Educativo Laguna de Bélgica, municipio de Ocozocuautla, también en Chiapas. De acuerdo con el Ecosur, hay reportes que indican la presencia de este hongo también en áreas de Guatemala, Costa Rica y Brasil. La institución añadió que no hay informes que refieran que la especie encontrada sea comestible o nociva. Aparentemente su función en la naturaleza es reciclar la materia orgánica de la misma forma que los demás organismos de su reino. El hongo gigante pasó a formar parte de la Colección Micológica de Ecosur, la cual está integrada por más de cinco mil ejemplares de hongos de diferentes partes del estado de Chiapas, especialmente del Soconusco. Integra ya también los registros del padrón de colecciones de la Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO). La Colección Micológica del Ecosur, que resalta por su ubicación en una zona tropical húmeda, se mantiene con fines de investigación y de docencia y como un apoyo importante para el conocimiento de la biodiversidad de México.
Dates inferred from time-stamps, though this may only pertain to one of the two collections, provided they are, in fact, distinct.
Oligocentria semirufescens - Red-washed Prominent - Hodges#8012; PLP; 7/10/15
Idk what this is but the hairs from this got stuck into my skin
Not in WV on BG, so submitted:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2159279
Incredibly beautify and very, very tiny, maybe 2.5-3mm.
Last reported in WV on BG in 2007, so submitted:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2209761
I saw four at the porch lights between 6/30 & 7/12 in 2022.
Two of these flies on a Blue Jay that was hit by a car. They were very flat-bodied and very slow. Did not fly away when I removed the Jay from the road for inspection. Just looked at me. Fly body was matte, moss green. Body of Blue Jay was still warm, so death perhaps too recent to attract flies looking to deposit eggs. Were they already on the Jay (their host?) and had not yet de-camped?'
Nothing in Ornithomyinae on BG in WV, submitted:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2209758
Charming moth, a delightful find!
On MPG in southern county in WV; not on bugguide in WV:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2155329
Scutellaria the host plant. I've seen no species of this plant nearby, so there is more yet to discover!
Is on MPG, not BG in WV, so submitted:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2155324
My first time seeing this species and bonus of two individuals, side-by-side!!!
Not on MPG or BG in WV, so submitted to BG:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2155317
Not in WV on BG, so submitted:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2159275
The most docile micro, incredibly reflective, like a silvery pearl. (on my thumbnail). Hint of brown fringe (underwing?) poking out. Only markings visible to my naked eye was one blackish brown dot at the apex. Went with suggested ID, but not sure of it, no experience with this genus.
Submitted to BG:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2159234
The "Big Reveal" of the insides of the Cecropia Moth cocoon, to little visiting future entomologist. Too bad, we've never seen the adult moth! Just to be clear, this was vacated by the moth before collection.
This large stretch spider stretched his web between porch rails about 40" wide. The web was parallel to the ground. The spider hung under it. An amazing sight, so glad I got a glimpse before taking my usual path between the rails!
Came to porch lights, between the woods and a river.
Very delicate moth, body maybe 4mm??? Stayed just out of reach. Not in WV on BG/MPG so submitted:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2159156
Known species, but undescribed:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/406166/bgimage
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_BarcodeCluster?clusterguid=BOLD:AAG0118
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=434.96
Beetle larva? First observed on a Winstem leaf on a riverbank. Metallic copper, very reflective and moved with incredible flexibility---when he turned, his body bent into a "U" & "S" shapes. He saw me and waited in the "wings" of the Wingstem's stem. (say that fast, dare ya!)
When the camera flashed, it dropped to the ground and played dead. I'd never seen a Luna do that before.
None in WV on BG, so submitted here:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2209749
Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella?
Even genus not in WV on bugguide, submitted:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2209745
Less than 10 mm in length. Asymmetric dark spot on rear portion of inner margin.
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.
Habitat: Alectryon excelsus. Beaten from foliage. Off host.
Identification: Macarostola miniella (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). This is the first specimen that I have ever encountered of this species, as far as I can remember!
An Encyrtid Wasp (Encyrtus sp.) on a Tulip tree leaf. Approximately 3-4mm.
The nymph on the right side of the picture already is showing future "keels".
Inside a rotten log
Nymph; recent taxonomic work has placed this species in the resurrected genus Usazoros
ID on BugGuide at https://bugguide.net/node/view/1417773#2618986
I'll upload more tomorrow. Happy CNC, everyone!
Female. Not sure why the species name won't appear.
in curled up Red Buckeye leaves
pupa seen 5-2-22, but could have been sooner. Was wiggly though.
6th photo 5-10-22 mature pupa
5-17-22 adult emerged