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Found DOR bij Vereecken B. of ANB.
Determination was recommended bij SOS Reptiel - Reptile Rescue Center Belgium.
Port of Antwerp located in short range and animal had nematodes inside the intestines.
Assumed origin: wild specimen that travelled with cargo (tropical wood) from Central-, South Africa and arrived in Belgium.
Cause of death: traffic victim

Photo is an actual photo of live insect taken by me at the time listed 2023-10-01 16:43:29 at OAK airport arrival terminal for southwest flight (SWA3845) from Baltimore. It was found alive on a passenger inside the airplane while landing, captured, and euthanized in the airport terminal. All details (ie coordinates, time of photo) are exact. No other individuals were seen but a detailed search of fuselage was not performed by poster.

This species hasn’t been seen since the year 1990 and as only been seen four times making this the fifth registre in history! And as if this were not enough it as never been photographied before we found this one during and exploration with Cesar Barrio Amorós and Henry Sandi Amador.

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My friend Stewart and I were out driving on Mines Road doing some of our usual sight seeing on a kinda rainy day. We had never been on the road and were curious to where it went and what or whom lived out that way. We had been seeing a ton of frogs, toads, salamanders and newts that day. Also a fair share of raptors in various sections of the road, but they all paled in comparison to what we would witness later that day. My buddy and I had just taken some photos of our 10,000th newt for the day, got back in the car and were on our way when Stewart yells in a broken manner "B-B-B-l-ood, s-s-stop-p-p-p da CAR!" I'm freaking out thinking Oh my God did I hit someone, is the car on fire, but then he is able to blurt out "M-m-m-mountain LION!, STOP DA CAR!" Sure enough we look over at this little goat farm where there was pen full of goats running around in a crazed manner. Then out of their bustle materializes this mountain lion. Mouth covered with blood and belly looking incredibly full. Luckily, I was able to snap off one picture before it bounded over the fence and up into the woods. Of course my camera was set to some strange setting and I got a horrible picture but none-the-less we were juiced. MOUNTAIN LION BLOOD!

Although this looked like a beautifully choreographed mating dance, it is actually a form of ritual combat between two males, usually occurring in view of a female--she may have stayed behind the rock out of my sight. It had been going on for nearly 5 minutes when I left.