Thanks to the Identifiers and experts!!

I want to thank all of you for sorting through my photos. It has made my quest of censusing the flora/fauna on our land possible and fun and I cannot thank all of you enough! I am doing it, in part, to protect our land from road construction and other dangers. We own 226 acres and have been working on restoring it to its original state. Our intention is to keep it that way forever.

I try to crop and lighten where needed to make the critters easier to identify.
Please let me know what I can do better and what body parts ("naughty bits") I should try to photograph. I am learning and love it!

If anyone wants or needs a specimen, I am more than happy to try to get them; just let me know. I have already sent some Elaterids to someone. We also welcome visitors who wish to wander on our land. Let me know. A gentleman has already been by to look for our Asilids.

I have been using an incandescent light and a mercury vapor light almost nightly since mid May and have been photographing much of what shows up. At first, I tried to ID the moths before posting them but am now just posting them. I wore out :)

I remember, years ago, meeting some young men in SE Arizona, mothing. I loved the picture of tough young men with a generator, lights and a case of beer; with kleenex hanging out of their ears to prevent critters from crawling in. Our kids had a good laugh. These men were wonderful and taught us a lot.

Thank all of you!!

Posted on 17 de agosto de 2019, 10:03 PM by annmcpete