Monday night I settled into a spot at dusk near the northwest corner of the norther n tract to see what was flying after dark.
In the meantime I was treated with a glorious sunset as the rainclouds cleared.
As the sun set, I could hear the booming of a Common Nighthawk, which still finds summer refuge here.
A pair of bats came zooming in above the fire lane from the lowland forest to the west.
As the darkness deepened, my lighted sheet began to become animated.
Burrower bugs landed in the first wave, followed by various species of scarabs, including a small light brown individual that was initially identified as a sand-loving scarab.
As usual, I was hoping for moths and eventually a few appeared.
The Southern Emerald was the first and later a Subject Lichen Moth and some micros of various species arrived, but they remained outnumbered by the beetles.
