Species you've found again after a long gap

[saka29]

I unexpectedly found this Humbertium interruptum last night (24 May 2025), which, after checking iNat, I hadn’t seen any individuals of since the first time I saw them, with my last observation being on 28 December 2022 — a gap of 2 years, 4 months, and 26 days. I do go out at night semi-regularly and check the same spots, so it’s all the more surprising to find them again after 2 years. I was worried the long dry season in 2023 had wiped them out since I didn’t see any in that year and the next, but I’m glad it didn’t! I do wonder where they hang out in the dry season.

What are some species that you suddenly saw again after a long time of not seeing them in the usual spots?

[mreith]

Started counting rediscoveries of species that have not been seen (worldwide) for 90 years or more. Am aware of 8 such species that i rediscovered, with the help of some fantastic identifiers as listed in the respective observations:

Platopsomyia flavida

Pilea pachycephala

Miconia plicatifolia

Miconia abscondita

La Vega Figwort (Scrophularia pluriflora)

Salvia subaequalis

Citharexylum stenophyllum

Gesneria brachysepala

Species that i had already seen and found again, after a long time…
4 and a half years: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=any&taxon_id=53843&preferred_place_id=7526&user_id=mreith

[lawrence_from_california]

I haven’t seen Tricolored Blackbirds between July 2022-November 2024.

[Thunderhead]

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/289019350
This morning. Last one was in 2022, and before that 2020.

[songbird82894]

How the heck did you rediscover not 1, but 8 species that haven’t been seen in 90 years?!?!

[mreith]

Well, just go somewhere where diversity is high and not a lot of people work. I think i found one more, that has not been seen for 90 years or more:

Ornarantia biferana

[songbird82894]

How do I convince my parents to spend a lot of money to go to a place like that

[songbird82894]

Even though I’m the only person who would even care that much, sadly

[jasonhernandez74]

@songbird82894

How do I convince my parents to spend a lot of money to go to a place like that

You probably don’t, but you make it a savings goal for when you are old enough.

[mreith]

this!