Seen shortly before leaving Bill Baggs and heading to Crandon Park to continue my City Nature Challenge efforts! I was here after hours with permission and had UV blacklights running from 10PM to sunrise to attract insects (started photographing them at midnight).
Full moon and windy conditions limited how many insects I got (there were almost no mosquitoes, a bad sign when it comes to blacklighting). See link at the bottom for details about my various set ups for the night and my 2024 CNC in general.
My blacklighting observations from Baggs:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-04-26&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
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