Three sheets set up at Mitchell's Landing for blacklighting. Mosquitoes were pretty bad but the insect activity at the sheets was pretty good. Moonrise was around 5AM so I had no moonlight while out here. Very little wind/no rain although it rained earlier in the day. In other words conditions were about as good as they can get! This observation is from sheet one described below.

1: Mitchell's Landing campground, first campground area. Bioquip blacklight hooked up to the campground outlet.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-05-27&d2=2022-05-28&nelat=25.755746895753024&nelng=-80.92789229991335&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.75508256428238&swlng=-80.93072799107044&user_id=joemdo

2: Mitchell's Landing campground, second campground. Sheet hung up on side of bathroom facing open area. 2 DJ blacklights connected to USB powerpack.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-05-27&d2=2022-05-28&nelat=25.755755887564277&nelng=-80.92570411775625&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.75509155614391&swlng=-80.92853980891334&user_id=joemdo

3: Mitchell's Landing campground near the airboat ramp. 2 DJ blacklights connected to USB powerpack.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-05-27&d2=2022-05-28&nelat=25.755709142419263&nelng=-80.92163999637712&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.75438047533931&swlng=-80.9273101862346&user_id=joemdo

All my blacklighting observations from Loop Road tonight, May 27th PM to May 28th AM:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-05-27&d2=2022-05-28&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&user_id=joemdo

Here's a video showing the DJ blacklights in action at the Pinecrest campground (Big Cypress) from Summer 2019: https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk

Info about the cheapy DJ blacklights used on the second and third sheet, great for getting started with blacklighting: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/damontighe/11836-diy-moth-light

Blacklighting project for Florida on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blacklighting-florida

With Shelley Rutkin, whom I had not met previously (we have been iNat messaging). Our third and final stop was to "the knoll" along the west side of 3 Bridges Road at its junction with Thunder's Crossing Road. Don Fraser found a Fuller's Flower Moth here yesterday, so I was eager to look for it. I did not record the weather but it was partly sunny and humid. We found two Fuller's Flower Moths (the Coastal Plain Honeycombhead is just starting to bloom), plus mating robber flies. We left here at 1509 and headed home.

With Shelley Rutkin, whom I had not met previously (we have been iNat messaging). Our third and final stop was to "the knoll" along the west side of 3 Bridges Road at its junction with Thunder's Crossing Road. Don Fraser found a Fuller's Flower Moth here yesterday, so I was eager to look for it. I did not record the weather but it was partly sunny and humid. We found two Fuller's Flower Moths (the Coastal Plain Honeycombhead is just starting to bloom), plus mating robber flies. We left here at 1509 and headed home.