Ranito, Dean 2009 Journal Nov. 18 Cuautlahuan and Puerto del Aire, Nemezucy, Mexico Woke up to find my car had a flat tire; took some time to get it fixed. Drove out of Fortin on old road (carretera federal) to Cuautlaupan, then to outskirts of town. Found a small (maybe 15-20m wide) area of coffee + banana trees amidst corn and squash fields, perhaps 200m W of forest at base of Cerro Chichahuastla, 10km N and 0.8 Km E (by rd) of center of town. I searched for ~30 min in green bananas, leaf litter + under grass piles. Found 1 B rudeman in a green banana tree and another under the bark of a fallen log. Drove up carretera federal to Puerto del Aire and spent about 1 hour (1:40-2:40pm) searching in an oak forest ca 0.8km S of town. There were very few logs & rocks and not very thick leaf litter. Found nothing on the ground and got an adult Hyba euphorbiaea in a bromeliad. Moved to a forest on the Edge of the town of Puerto del Aire, where oak trees were much bigger, massive and laden with epiphytes (although few reachable bromeliads). Again, not many logs to turn. Searched under branches, leaves + rocks from 15:00 - 16:00 with no success. This forest seems to get a lot of cloud water input compared to drier surrounding areas. Finished by searching under boards and bricks/stones next to road and got a Tshiria (dulitius / troglodytes). Drove back to DF, noting drastic change to xeric vegetation just a few km away from Puerto del Aire towards Tehuacan. Conditions were very foggy and fairly cool. also saw a juvenile Hyba