Male Thynnid Wasps (Myzinum sp.) congregate on vegetation during low temperatures of early morning, waiting for females.
This location has some of the wildest looking claybank tiger beetles like this guy with a green head and the heaviest maculation of any I've ever seen. All 3 species at this location.
This is an intergrade between nominate and lecontei. Genes are all mixed up here.
Italochrysa nigrovenosa, Ant-loving Lacewings Tribe Belonopterygini ,Typical Green Lacewings Subfamily Chrysopinae, Lacewings and Allies Suborder Hemerobiiformia, Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies Order Neuroptera
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes area, San Luis Obispo County, California
Found on palmetto with another of the same species!
Help with ID! Such a cool find.
Photo by A.Chaviano
I came out for some blacklighting after pre Tropical Storm Alex crossed Florida from the west, passing near Lake Okeechobee. South Florida was doused with rain, some places reported 10+ inches in Miami-Dade county. Most of the rain stopped in the early evening. There was light wind and a small shower that passed over while I was blacklighting. Moon was illuminated around 26%, temps in the mid to high 70's.
I set up three sheets in total and the one near the beginning of the Anhinga Trail was dominated by aquatic insects including toe biters and water scavenger beetles. This observation is from the first sheet described below.
1: Near the beginning of the Anhinga Trail, facing North, lit by a bioquip blacklight connected to battery with 12v outlet made for jumping car/inflating tires:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?captive=any&d1=2022-06-04&d2=2022-06-05&nelat=25.38251535211241&nelng=-80.60699945111232&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.381848946886805&swlng=-80.60983454604106&user_id=joemdo
2: Close to the beginning of the Old Ingraham Highway trail close to Royal Palm Visitors Center. Lit by two DJ blacklights connected to USB battery pack:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?captive=any&d1=2022-06-04&d2=2022-06-05&nelat=25.382105242961273&nelng=-80.60959391640706&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.38143883547254&swlng=-80.61031408952756&user_id=joemdo
3: Further down the Old Ingraham Highway, but still not very far down the trail. Lit by two DJ blacklights connected to USB battery pack:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?captive=any&d1=2022-06-04&d2=2022-06-05&nelat=25.382121221097417&nelng=-80.61009460990776&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.38145481369685&swlng=-80.61081478302826&user_id=joemdo
All of my blacklighting observations from tonight:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?captive=any&d1=2022-06-04&d2=2022-06-05&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&user_id=joemdo
Here's a video showing the DJ blacklights in action at the Pinecrest campground (Big Cypress) from Summer 2019: https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk
Info about the cheapy DJ blacklights used on the second and third sheet, great for getting started with blacklighting: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/damontighe/11836-diy-moth-light
Blacklighting project for Florida on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blacklighting-florida
Texas Bumelia Borer
Plinthocoelium schwarzi
AKA South Texas Bumelia Borer
AKA Longhorn Beetle
Las Colmenas Ranch
near McCook,
Hidalgo Co., Texas
2 June 2006
Definitely some sort of bump under the right mandible of this one.. is that bump enough to call this E. marginata? Some of the photos I have of E. marginata (such as observation 92488670) there is a larger more pronounced hook under the right mandible.