Photographing what I think was a southern quahog clam and found several organisms on the underside... two bright red mites, several beetles (?) and also some amphipods, not to mention the encrusting organism underneath! I wish I would've taken out my DSLR camera with macro lens but the weather was bad so I had to settle with my little point-and-shoot.
Stopped for a break on my way to East Cape. Light to heavy rain.
Seen on a three day solo camping trip to East Cape in Everglades National Park (Cape Sable). I was particularly excited to go shelling on the beach (did not collect any shells, as that is prohibited in ENP) and also try some blacklighting out there.
All of my observations from this trip: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-11-21&d2=2022-11-23&order=asc&place_id=any&user_id=joemdo
My mollusk observations from this trip: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-11-21&d2=2022-11-23&order=asc&place_id=any&taxon_id=47115&user_id=joemdo
My blacklighting observations from this trip: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-11-21&d2=2022-11-23&order=asc&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&user_id=joemdo
Gonna be a while before I finish posting everything and before I finish writing up this journal post summing up the trip but eventually there will be more info here: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/joemdo/72888-nov-21-nov-23-2022-east-cape-sable-camping
I am also planning on posting some videos to youtube over the next week or so but I'm prioritizing adding my observations first! Here's a link to my channel in case you want to see subscribe to see some videos about this trip: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Exy70GX48bo6JCDqqRrtw
Strepsipteran on the abdomen of treehopper (black protrusion).
Beetle larvae? Found on the base of a tree covered in Ganoderma mushrooms
on Pinus chips. unsure if chips are from a florida native species, or imported chips
Seems to be a small colony of these little bark lice in a lichen sample I'd collected (20210714.144500.c). They appear to have spun a protective layer of webbing or silk, and they crawl around eating the lichen underneath it. Can see 2 segments on each tarsus, antennae have 13 segments, and maxillary palps have 4 segments. No mature adults present, but compound microscope photos show late-stage instar with rudimentary wing stubs.
The Saola was only discovered to science in 1992. There are no Saola in captivity. No Saola have been seen by scientists in the wild. A few records on camera trap exist. In 2004, there were still reports of Saola deep in the Truong Son mountains. This individual was confiscated from hunters in A'Luoi district, in the western reaches of the province. The other pictures are from interviews with Ka Tu ethnic hunters in A'Luoi and A'Vuong districts (Minh Hoang). The last photo is James with rangers from Hue Forest Department examining Saola tracks in A'Luoi - and identifzing schistamoglottis plants, reportedly favoured food for the saola.
In 2013, its status is critical. See what is happening on http://www.savethesaola.org/
WHAT!? HOW?! Definitely did not expect this. I think I gasped audibly when I first spotted these. FL first record I believe! No clue what species this could be, as there's approximately 0 known options for Florida as far as I'm aware. Maybe something undescribed? Collected one individual, it's currently in ethanol
The only Boreus species recorded from Vancouver Island. ID'd on Bug Guide by Ben Coulter:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/492658#3637618
Many of these scorpionflies were active in sunny spots within moist streamside forest.
I think this is part of one, sadly
68m
I thought with a snout like that it was a Scorpionfly, if longer than any I've seen, but let's try the auto ID suggestion and see what response I get.
Found 30 meters below ground in the Florida Bat Caves.
MBL Director requested that we try to locate specimens. I purchased the Pennak/Zinn paper describing the group which identified Nobska Beach as a known location from June/July 1939 and a source for the cotypes.
On Sep 20, Bill Grossman made a series of samples at Nobska Beach. He made a series of samples from high to low water at four locations running west to east more or less evenly spaced along the beach. At each location he took three to five samples from the high water mark down by 2-2.5 meter increments. Based on the paper's details he took a vertical shovelful of sand and sampled between 12-15 cm from the surface.
The resultant 16 or so jars were examined by MBLs Carsten Wolff. He found two specimens in the lowest (wettest) sample of the middle two sampling locations. He will look for additional specimens in the samples.
伊坲拉树袋鼠· Ifola tree-kangaroo
First record for inaturalist
Scorpionfly: the curled abdomen can just be seen in photo 1 and I've now added another photo (photo 4) that also shows it and has a clearer wing pattern as well.
I would appreciate any guidance on species.
Was seen low in a mixed woods.
Either captured at the Santa Fe River with Ray Fisher or at the pond near the UF Entomology and Nematology building.
Length 0.8 mm each. From benthic lake mud sample. Identification based on this photo ID'ed by H. Proctor on BugGuide: https://bugguide.net/node/view/414912/bgimage