Very rare mutation individual, adult-sized, albino? I was shocked when I see this one. What a lucky day.
curiously pale
Surprisingly yellow for a redback! I thought it was a D. ochrophaeus at first.
I am purposely leaving detailed location information our of this record. I am authorized to handle this species through New York DEC.
Who would of thought the rock I flipped over I saw this cute little Jemez mountain salamander!
Found within 10 miles of where a historical montanus record was noted, and the pattern heavilly reminds me of some mid-atlantic montanus photos I’ve seen. Plus the iris appeared more brown, but it is hard to tell since I had to recover the third photo from a bad smudge on my lens.
Found under a rock. Coolest ants I've ever seen! I think some either had no eyes or extremely small eyes.
Presumably brought up the canal by the tide.
Encountered along trail to Tembaling Waterfall from Danum Field Center
So, this is a polyergus bilateral gynandromorph! ½ worker caste (red), ½ alate (black). The mandibles, eyes, single wing, and antennae are the more obvious caste traits reflected in each half of this individual. Found them shortly after leaving the colony possibly (I found one a few feet away).
See: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124878696
& https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124879042
Second specimen found in Honduras and first in Depto. Gracias a Dios (Wilson et al. 2003, Herpetol. Bulletin 84: 15-19; featured on journal cover)
ID is a best guess - a very common ant in sand dunes along beach
Lifer and 3rd VA iNat record. Too many to count, but probably 50+ total individuals. I will post all audio recordings separately, due to low numbers of observations and iNat data.
WARNING: OAK TOADS MAY CAUSE HEARING LOSS.
I just learned today these guys existed-- didn't expect to find any myself shortly after!!
holy shit!!! Lifer, best Long Island animal i’ve seen
Found in the open near road, last pics as found/habitat
In a pit on the underside of a small piece of concrete, also occupied by a Solenopsis molesta colony. With springtail prey. Much darker/purpler than another Strumigenys I saw nearby.
Majors stayed with the food, breaking it down for the minors to carry back. Nest had two inconspicuous entrances about 4cm apart.
Colonies were all over the clearing underneath the powerlines, colonies ranging from several workers to low 100s were very common.
I gave the beetle a leaf stem and he grabbed onto it tightly and wouldn't let go.
Found crossing road at night near our campsite.
On a recently disturbed pipeline along a two track road. Sand soils.
Workers were found in a makeshift termite bait made of a PVC pipe with holes drilled into the side, it was buried in the ground (the top of it was surface level so you could access the inside and a stone was placed on top to act as a cover) and pine wood was put inside, the wood was rotting when I checked it. Termites (Reticulitermes sp.) were present and workers were seen walking in the tunnels that the termites made in the wood. Workers were also seen on the inside and bottom of the PVC pipe.
Very happy to have found these and definitely wasn't expecting to.
Blacklighting at Ron Ehmann Park. Temps in the low 70's, moon around 28% although it hadn't risen yet.
I had two blacklight setups going in this area, both pretty close to each other. This is from the first sheet described below.
First sheet lit by a Bioquip blacklight connected to car jumper thing with a 12 volt socket. Other observations from this sheet: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.66646251245836&nelng=-80.34778778459454&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.665797682335846&swlng=-80.34960381903161&user_id=joemdo
Second sheet lit by two cheapy DJ blacklights. Other observations from this sheet: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.666405455623483&nelng=-80.3494471898476&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.665740625182814&swlng=-80.35126322428466&user_id=joemdo
All observations from tonight: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.667572521960977&nelng=-80.3455038041323&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.664913203986394&swlng=-80.35276794188059&user_id=joemdo&verifiable=any
Info about the cheapy DJ blacklights used on the second sheet, great for getting started with blacklighting: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/damontighe/11836-diy-moth-light
Here's a video showing the DJ blacklights in action at the Pinecrest campground (Big Cypress) during Summer 2019: https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk
Blacklighting project for Florida on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blacklighting-florida
I came out here because there is a cold front coming and wanted to take advantage of the warmer weather and darker night before the front rolls in (temps are supposed to drop to the 30's in a couple days- first time in over 10 years).
Not sure about time seen
Several were found at two locations. This entry represents location #1.
Two were placed in an aquarium with fake foliage to help keep them still.
Erythristic phenotype. We only find one of these every few years.
Non erythristic individual found with 2 erythristic ones.
Very light erythristic bordering on leucistic
Fish captured from freshwater stream by kingfisher
Kingfisher: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112208466