Käyttäjän dsnell tunnistukset

This is a picture of a turtle swimming in a freshwater lake. There were many of these turtles of varying sizes. This one is of medium size compared to the others I observed in the lake, there is another smaller turtle visible in one of the photos.

A nocturnal moth survey organized by staff of Brooker Creek Preserve. I heard about the event from Clint Gibson literally hours earlier; I chose to attend even though I had not registered in advance. There were about 30 participants at first (one woman wore a dress!) but numbers seemed to decline over the next hour. I spent much time with Don Fraser and Clint & Day Gibson.

I arrived at Brooker Creek Preserve at 1900 and iNatted the parking lot for an hour or so. For the moth survey, four arrays were set up, each 100-200 feet apart. I used my camera (a Panasonic Lumix FZ80, which lacks GPS) for the images, but I took a few photographs at one array with my phone to get a GPS location; I drew a circle to approximately encompass all the arrays. The weather at 1906 was sunny and 87 degrees ("feels like" 95), with a light breeze. There were no biting insects during the survey. At first, no moths were attracted to the arrays, but there were many "bugs," including many large brown beetles that seemed to fare poorly. Eventually, moths came in and we got nice results. The survey ended at 2200; perhaps the ending tine can be extended an hour or two in the future to attract more moths and other insects. I left at 2225 and arrived home at 2341.

I examined my images and made a strong attempt to reduce "repeats" -- reporting an individual with two or more records. Exceptions were for Salvinia Stem Borer Moths and for the various large brown beetles, of which there were many individuals present at the arrays.