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This was a wild scene! Three small gray squirrels were VERY aggravated by this large land crab. When I encountered them, three squirrels were around the crab in crouched, aggressive positions with tails curled and flicking. They would take turns getting close but never quite making contact. Eventually they moved the crab to the driveway where one squirrel remained aggressively following it.

I found this snake back in 2008. If I only knew then how awesome this find was. My memory of location was foggy but I think I have it narrowed down pretty good. I am 100% certain of location within 15 miles or so and 75% to location within a mile or so.

Found in an underwater cavern, photographed, and then released back to where it came from. Five golden colored eggs are visible in some of the photos.

This blind species is endemic to the underwater caves and caverns of the Floridan Aquifer in north-central Florida. It typically hangs upside down from the ceilings of these underwater passages.

I have no idea what this is. There's entire orders of tiny arthropods I'm not familiar with beyond name and general morphology, but still, it's strange to get good clean shots of a thing and still have no idea what I'm looking at.

Edit: We have a professional ID! https://bugguide.net/node/view/1977688/bgimage

Digital scan from my color slide. Ordway Preserve (= Ordway-Swisher Biological Station), near Smith Lake, Putnam Co., Florida. 9 Mar 1985.

Amelanistic specimen. Reported in: Stuart, J.N. and C.K. Dodd, Jr. 1985. Life History Notes: Cemophora coccinea copei. Coloration. Herpetological Review 16:78.