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I can't remember the precise location, but there were several of these at Bothe-Napa Valley State Park. Just get on your hands and knees and look closely when you start seeing lots of Douglas-fir cones on the ground.

Appears to be the same one first reported on iNat by @roxanne7 in 2017!

Other observations of this individual: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.794886941426988&nelng=-80.2866712061474&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&subview=table&swlat=25.784260697185044&swlng=-80.34110932031366&taxon_id=46017&verifiable=any&field:Aberrant%20type=leucistic

Birding The Landing at MIA and the green area nearby. eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118870190

Tentative ID... based on the following note on bugguide:
"Distinguished from other eastern Ochthera by the red to yellow fore tarsi."
https://bugguide.net/node/view/855237

Came out to Medley to see some remnant wetland prairie areas I noticed on google maps. There weren't any iNaturalist observations around here so I figured it would be fun to see what was around.
All my observations from today:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.874575902010463&nelng=-80.33779662814422&on=2021-07-26&place_id=any&subview=map&swlat=25.863956809664582&swlng=-80.37863057818694&user_id=joemdo&verifiable=any

Set up two blacklights aimed at one sheet at Pinecrest Campground in Loop Road. This was one of the more exciting insects I saw. Will post everything in the next day or two but just had to post this one already! Other observations from blacklighting on this night (another sheet set up at Mitchell's landing)
Pinecrest campground:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.76498840377109&nelng=-80.90974887564009&on=2021-06-10&place_id=any&swlat=25.759674061574785&swlng=-80.92608245591911&user_id=joemdo&verifiable=any

Mitchell's landing:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.758457112654717&nelng=-80.92094902011767&on=2021-06-10&place_id=any&swlat=25.7531424781247&swlng=-80.9372826003967&user_id=joemdo&verifiable=any

I did this last summer and posted a video from Pinecrest campground, talking about my set up. You can see that here: https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk

Found in an underwater cavern, photographed, and then released back to where it came from. Five golden colored eggs are visible in some of the photos.

This blind species is endemic to the underwater caves and caverns of the Floridan Aquifer in north-central Florida. It typically hangs upside down from the ceilings of these underwater passages.