Provisionally identifying this as Photuris hebes. The flash pattern consisted of a single flash repeated every ~1 second at 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Many individuals flashed near bushes and trees. The total length of the photographed individual was 12mm. Partly cloudy, no wind, and mGDD starting from February 1 was 1805.
Flinders Island cave-slater Echinodillo cavaticus. The world has only two known species of the very distinctive Echinodillo cave-slaters. One is found on the Marquesas Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. This other species is known only from a small cave in southern Flinders Island, where its entire global range is measurable in square metres. We found this one during our Bush Blitz on Flinders Island in March 2014.
Very small - approx 4-5mm head + body. On planted Brachyscome dentata flower (separate observation submitted)
In 1985, this was known as Isopyrum savelei.
Substrate is an elevated Tsuga heterophylla log.
I sunk that penny into this conk real close to a year ago now...
I don't know what I was thinking would happen when I did it, but I don't think it happened yet 🤷🏽♂️
1530-37iN-PE_HerbRobert_©DaveSpier_BigPond,PA_May30'99
photos D006241iN, D006242iN & D006243iN_SilverMaple_©DaveSpier_CampHill,PA_May14'05