I set up three sheets in the Long Pine Key picnic area in Everglades National Park for blacklighting. I mostly focused on moths but did photograph a good array of other insects after making my second rounds at all three sheets.
1: One of the bathrooms had a working electrical outlet, which I used to power my Bioquip blacklight. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-07-27&d2=2022-07-28&nelat=25.400937497328055&nelng=-80.65632596711548&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.400271193797128&swlng=-80.6595164547387&user_id=joemdo
2: Area near bank of lake but with some pineland plants around. Sheet hung between two pines, two DJ blacklights connected to USB powerpack https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-07-27&d2=2022-07-28&nelat=25.400279140226335&nelng=-80.65574765742898&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.39961283305993&swlng=-80.65893814505219&user_id=joemdo
3: Picnic area near bank of lake with just grass. Hammock and pineland plants not too far away. Two DJ blacklights connected to USB powerpack https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-07-27&d2=2022-07-28&nelat=25.39985844427061&nelng=-80.65795215117548&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.399192134781178&swlng=-80.6611426387987&user_id=joemdo
All of my blacklighting observations from tonight at Long Pine Key: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-07-27&d2=2022-07-28&nelat=25.601714412728438&nelng=-79.84841258250754&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=24.918633412414653&swlng=-81.46340281688254&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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