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joemdo

Date

May 27, 2022 11:38 PM EDT

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Three sheets set up at Mitchell's Landing for blacklighting. Mosquitoes were pretty bad but the insect activity at the sheets was pretty good. Moonrise was around 5AM so I had no moonlight while out here. Very little wind/no rain although it rained earlier in the day. In other words conditions were about as good as they can get! This observation is from sheet one described below.

1: Mitchell's Landing campground, first campground area. Bioquip blacklight hooked up to the campground outlet.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-05-27&d2=2022-05-28&nelat=25.755746895753024&nelng=-80.92789229991335&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.75508256428238&swlng=-80.93072799107044&user_id=joemdo

2: Mitchell's Landing campground, second campground. Sheet hung up on side of bathroom facing open area. 2 DJ blacklights connected to USB powerpack.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-05-27&d2=2022-05-28&nelat=25.755755887564277&nelng=-80.92570411775625&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.75509155614391&swlng=-80.92853980891334&user_id=joemdo

3: Mitchell's Landing campground near the airboat ramp. 2 DJ blacklights connected to USB powerpack.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-05-27&d2=2022-05-28&nelat=25.755709142419263&nelng=-80.92163999637712&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.75438047533931&swlng=-80.9273101862346&user_id=joemdo

All my blacklighting observations from Loop Road tonight, May 27th PM to May 28th AM:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-05-27&d2=2022-05-28&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

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