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joemdo

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July 23, 2021 09:20 PM EDT

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Not 100% sure about ID... looks like a good match but I'm unfamiliar with possible lookalikes. This is the one that led me to my ID while looking through Florida Heteroceridae observations on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73713790

Rockdale Pineland Preserve moth night hosted by EEL for National Moth Week. We had some rain before and during sunset but it was mostly cloudy while these sheets were up between 8:45-11:00PM. I had two sheets set up, this one with two "DJ" blacklights powered by USB battery packs (the kind used to charge phones) and the other with just one of the Dj blacklights. To learn more about the lights used in this setup, see here: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/damontighe/11836-diy-moth-light

Video of these lights in action in Big Cypress last year: https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk

My other observations from tonight:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2021-07-23&place_id=139257&user_id=joemdo&verifiable=any

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