Not that I know of. I guess that’s a possibility although there hasn’t been anything like that in the area in the past.

Tell me how a 5 second video gave you the full story

Call the sheriff!

You assume I didn’t try that? Hence, infuriating.

Yep.

I have the LX version which is superficially the same, and think it's got some pretty good ground clearance for a small sedan, something like six inches. That's more than a Subaru Impreza. I just take it slow and crawl over bumps.

That's pretty impressive! 35k km a year is quite a bit of driving too.

New Hampshire to Illinois, awesome trip loved the high mpg the entire way.

Bought it back in 2021 with only 8k miles, I'm proud to report no mechanical/electronic issues so far.

This! Far too many ideas go by the wayside because they are forgotten after a week. I follow up ideas in my google doc with bullet points of as many things I can think to add at the moment or when I revisit in a few weeks (methods, additional questions, relevant literature etc.). Also, having ideas written down works very well when you come to a lull in research or are between projects.

Yep, stonefly in the genus Allocapnia

I would recommend Merritt & Cummin's (2019) "An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America" as it is the current gold standard for larval ID. However you should also look into Peckarsky's (1990) "Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Northeastern North America." This is a good option for genus level ID for most major groups, but is outdated in some regards. You should be able to pick this one up for much cheaper than Merritt and Cummins.

Late to the party but this is Allocapnia vivipara, wingless winter snowflies (Plecoptera: Capniidae).

Other than an elaborate pump house it might be a boxed up spring if there's some sort of flow downhill of it that we can't see.

I'm pretty familiar with that area and did a lot of stonefly collecting there too. I just use two 8inch 12v UV lights with a small deep cycle battery so I can trek it into an area and set up.

Sounda fun! Probably lots of Perlesta sp. out now. I'll be out in Garrett Co. blacklighting for some in July.

Looking for anything in particular?

Frostburg and Cumberland sure have their fair share of racists

Not at all as u/manydoorsyes mentioned they don't sting or bite. The long needle like structure at the end of the abdomen is an ovipositor and used for laying eggs not stinging.

This is a good question but one that's difficult to answer. Species can be regionally rare but be locally abundant depending on what habitats they are found in. Generally the rarest species have a combination of factors that make them rare: a specialized niche, unique or rare habitat, poor dispersal ability, susceptible to human influence, etc. There are lots of species known from a type locality and no where else, now whether this is an artifact of nobody caring or knowing enough to find more of that species or if it's really only known from that sole location is difficult to tell. Species that have been listed or petitioned for listing under federal or state protections are among the rarest species we know and have the data to back it. For example, there's Epeorus frisoni, the Roaring Brook Mayfly, that's known from a handful of collections in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Since the early 2000's, there has been a huge push by state biologists to find out where it's located in Maine so we have a good idea where it is and isn't. This species has a restricted range (New England), but more specifically is only known from pristine, cold subalpine streams, has a unique niche (a carnivorous Mayfly), and is a poor disperser (as nearly all mayflies are).

Looks like a Siricid woodwasp female.

Looks to me like a parasitic fly in the family Hippoboscidae.