Torreya State Park
Berry's Skipper on Nuttall's Thistle. Search Nuttall's Thistles at this location and read the notes about other butterflies at this location.
Oval shaped, orange, bigger than hand span.
Flying in left 1/3 portion of photo
Very small skipper
Came to a blacklight at Long Pine Key I aimed at one of the bathroom buildings.
My blacklighting observations from LPK before sunrise:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-04-28&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&user_id=joemdo
Video showing the lights I use for a typical setup:
https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk
Blacklighting project for Florida: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blacklighting-florida
More details in general about my 2024 City Nature Challenge:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/joemdo/93673-city-nature-challenge-2024
Came to a blacklight at Long Pine Key I aimed at one of the bathroom buildings.
My blacklighting observations from LPK before sunrise:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-04-28&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&user_id=joemdo
Video showing the lights I use for a typical setup:
https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk
Blacklighting project for Florida: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blacklighting-florida
More details in general about my 2024 City Nature Challenge:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/joemdo/93673-city-nature-challenge-2024
Blacklighting at Mitchell Landing in Big Cypress National Preserve. I accidentally overslept and didn't get the lights going until 3AM! An okay showing of insects but conditions weren't the best with a nearly full moon and my late start didn't help.
My blacklighting observations from this visit:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-04-27&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&user_id=joemdo
Video showing the lights I use for a typical setup:
https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk
Blacklighting project for Florida: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blacklighting-florida
More details in general about my 2024 City Nature Challenge here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/joemdo/93673-city-nature-challenge-2024
Oval shaped, orange, bigger than hand span.