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MBL Director requested that we try to locate specimens. I purchased the Pennak/Zinn paper describing the group which identified Nobska Beach as a known location from June/July 1939 and a source for the cotypes.

On Sep 20, Bill Grossman made a series of samples at Nobska Beach. He made a series of samples from high to low water at four locations running west to east more or less evenly spaced along the beach. At each location he took three to five samples from the high water mark down by 2-2.5 meter increments. Based on the paper's details he took a vertical shovelful of sand and sampled between 12-15 cm from the surface.

The resultant 16 or so jars were examined by MBLs Carsten Wolff. He found two specimens in the lowest (wettest) sample of the middle two sampling locations. He will look for additional specimens in the samples.

Scorpionfly: the curled abdomen can just be seen in photo 1 and I've now added another photo (photo 4) that also shows it and has a clearer wing pattern as well.

I would appreciate any guidance on species.
Was seen low in a mixed woods.

Observed during the 2023 South Florida City Nature Challenge (CNCSOFLO). I was walking the Mosier Hammock trail, waiting for insects to come to three sheets I set up with blacklights around the Long Pine Key campground and the hammock. Blacklighting observations from tonight:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2023-04-28&d2=2023-04-29&nelat=25.604175458202164&nelng=-80.55882594286926&order=asc&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.302237257122066&swlng=-80.83691737353332&user_id=joemdo

Project page for CNCSOFLO 2023: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2023-south-florida-cncsoflo/
Website: https://www.cncsoflo.com/
Instagram: @ cncsoflo

I think a scorpion fly in Taeniochorista. It was stuck to Desmodium uncinatum vine. When rescued it flew straight back towards it. I think this plant will be taking a heavy toll on them in areas where its a common weed.