Category Archives: Closeup Photography

09.06.2021 Monday Macro

Posted on September 6, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I’ve got a virtual show coming up shared with another local photographer at our town library’s website. Our theme is Mount Pollux, a favorite local spot for sunrise, sunset, and just plain hanging out. I woke this morning to a … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Arachnid, Araneae, Argiope-trifasciata, Banded Garden Spider, Massachusetts, New England, orbweavers, True Spider, western massachusetts | 28 Comments

09.05.2021 Lovely Mimic

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Steve Gingold

One should be careful what you swat. I bet your first impulse is that this is a scary wasp or hornet and a threat. That was mine too. But it is a Hoverfly mimicking a hornet. Eastern Hornet Fly-Spilomyia longicornis. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Brickyard Conservation Area, Brickyard Meadow, diptera, Hover Fly, insect, Massachusetts, New England, Spilomyia longicornis, Syrphidae, western massachusetts | 20 Comments

09.05.2021 Silent Sunday

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Spotted Touch-me-not aka Jewelweed-Impatiens capensis

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Brickyard Conservation Area, Brickyard Meadow, Impatiens capensis, Jewelweed, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Spotted-touch-me-not, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 25 Comments

09.03.2021 Frog Friday Frog Fun

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Steve Gingold

When I visited MacLeod Field on this past Sunday I had insects on the mind and as you saw had an enjoyable time chasing the Silver-bordered Fritillary. But prior to that I was chasing a small moth when I saw … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, Fauna, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, amphibian, common gray treefrog, Dryophytes versicolor, eastern gray treefrog, Hyla versicolor, Lawrence Swamp, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, New England, northern gray treefrog, tetraploid gray treefrog, tree frog, western massachusetts | 32 Comments

09.02.2021 Three on Thursday

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Steve Gingold

For my last yard shoot of August I visited our large clump of New England American Aster- Symphyotrichum novae-angliae and was happy to have a few subjects to photograph. The first was this tiny bee. Small Carpenter Bee- Ceratina sp, possibly a … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Ceratina calcarata, Fork-tailed Bush Katydid, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New England American Aster, New England Aster, Peck's Skipper, Polites peckius, Scudderia furcata, Small carpenter bee, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, western massachusetts | 10 Comments

09.01.2021 Wednesday Weevil

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I think many of us associate weevils with cotton boll depredation (that species has been mostly eradicated) but they are not limited to just that one crop. I posted one earlier that eats milkweed and now this one that eats … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Black Vine Weevil, coleoptera, Curculionidae, insect, Massachusetts, New England, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, Polyphaga, western massachusetts | 10 Comments

08.30.2021 A pleasant chase

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Steve Gingold

While at MacLeod Field yesterday morning, I spotted this flash of orange and having seen several Pearl Crescents thought it to be one. But upon a closer look I was mistaken. Silver-bordered Fritillary-Boloria selene When I first spotted this individual … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Butterflies, Closeup Photography, Insects, Lepidoptera, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Argynnini, Boloria, Boloria selene, Heliconiinae, insect, Lawrence Swamp, lepidoptera, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, New England, nymphalidae, Papilionoidea, Silver-bordered Fritillary, western massachusetts | 27 Comments

08.29.2021 Sunday Night with the Hopper

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Lots of insects at the wet meadow this morning. This hopper was my first encounter. Red-legged Grasshopper-Melanoplus femurrubrum I continue to be impressed with this 180+2.o combo. These are pretty common and can be large enough in numbers to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Acrididae, Amherst, insect, Lawrence Swamp, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, Melanoplus femurrubrum, New England, orthoptera, red-legged grasshopper, short-horned grasshopper, spur-throated grasshopper, western massachusetts | 14 Comments

08.29.2021 Silent Sunday

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Cabbage White-Pieris rapae

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, Lepidoptera, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Cabbage White, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, New England, Papilionoidea, Pieris rapae, western massachusetts | 21 Comments

08.28.2021 Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee

Posted on August 28, 2021 by Steve Gingold

No catchy title today. Just a shot of this sweet sweat bee on guess what…Boneset, of course. Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee-Agapostemon splendens. These are actually more green than here. The flash reflects and creates a golden impression, same as with … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Agapostemon splendens, Amherst, Brown-winged Striped-Sweat Bee, Massachusetts, New England, western massachusetts | 20 Comments