Category Archives: Insect Behavior
11.18.2020 Wednesday Warmth
I am organizing the archives on this cold (31°F) November morning. Not as cold as it will be tonight (16°F) and only a little colder than today’s high (35°F) but a chilly start. Bentley crawled back under the covers after … Continue reading
10.06.2020-2 Nursery Pod
Let me start by saying that I finally was able to use the Classic Editor. Now I just hope it is always available. I went to Mount Pollux this morning to photograph the Holyoke Range in fog. But I also … Continue reading
09.17.2020 Garage Moth
Moths seem to like doing an overnight on our garage walls. Not a lot, but every once in a while I find one or two. This Juniper Twig Geometer-Patalene olyzonaria was fortunately at eye level. I have had to put up … Continue reading
09.14.2020 Macro Monday
I went to visit the fringed gentians this morning. Unfortunately, sunshine is required for them to open and I only had a few early hours to be out. I did find one composition with a bud and that will show … Continue reading
09.12.2020-2 Spidurday
Well, Gary has his Webnsday and I won’t probably keep this going as faithfully as he has but I have become a bit more interested in Arachnids. Shamrock Orbweaver- Araneus trifolium. So this dreamboat decided to inhabit our bee balm, maybe to … Continue reading
09.07.2020-2 Monday Macro-Up Close and Personal with a Red-legged Grasshopper
I posted something similar a bit ago of this same species but like this shot enough to share another. I had to employ the same strategy to get this shot, encouraging it to move around fully exposed to the camera. … Continue reading
09.05.2020 Short-winged Meadow Katydid
These may be short-winged but that certainly does not describe their antennae. Conocephalus brevipennis I received the diffusers for the twin flash and they seem to reduce the specular highlights a fair amount. This has been a good year for insect … Continue reading
09.01.2020 Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Harry was a fly
If you were expecting a bear, sorry to disappoint. But if you thought it was a fly, well a fly I can do. Another Tachinid Fly actually. Last night to end the month I went out in the yard and … Continue reading
08.30.2020-2 “Ooh somebody, ooh somebody. Can anybody find me somebody to hug?”
With apologies to Freddie. In between showers I found this lonely White-banded Crab Spider-Misumenoides formosipes longingly waiting for somebody, anybody to hug. Unfortunately for this fly, the spider wanted more than a hug. Lonely No longer lonely…or hungry Crab spiders … Continue reading
08.29.2020 Gimme Shelter
We have received a fair amount of gentle rain today which is very good for wetting the ground. Later we should see some of the remnants of Laura as the storms heads northeast. Whether that will replenish the brooks remains … Continue reading
