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01.02.2023 Macro Mono Monday
Oy,oy,oy…Playing with my food… Oyster Mushroom-Pleurotus ostreatus
11.20.2022 Silent Sunday-Frost’s Artistry
Posted in Abstract, Amherst, Autumn Color, Closeup Photography, Fall Foliage, Ice, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Amherst, Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, frost, frost crystals, frosted oak leaf, ice, Massachusetts, New England, western massachusetts
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10.14.2022 Simply Autumn
Wandering around the yard after our overnight rain I saw these two, one atop the other, as a nice little sample of Autumn’s beauty.
Posted in Abstract, Amherst, Autumn Color, Closeup Photography, Fall Foliage, Intimate Landscape, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature
Tagged Amherst, Autumn Color, autumn maple leaves, Fall Foliage, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, western massachusetts
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09.29.2022 Glamour Shot
Gymnoclytia sp. A Tachinid fly. These parasitic flies lay their eggs most often on the larvae of another insect, very often caterpillars, which dooms the host. The adults feed on nectar.
09.24.2022 Brickyard Baubles
Pretty soon these will be frozen jewels as we approach colder weather but for now it’s still warm and lovely to see an upside down world in drops of rain.
09.16.2022 Wet and Wild Beetle Beauty
I’ve seen these several times but this was the first one dew coated. I was looking for dragonflies and damselflies but since I am easily distracted, a good thing for a photographer to avoid tunnel vision, I spent some time … Continue reading
Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography
Tagged Banded Longhorn Beetle, beetle, coleoptera, Flower Longhorn Beetles, Gauco Pond, insects, Lepturinae, Massachusetts, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Polyphaga, Typocerus velutinus, western massachusetts
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09.14.2022 Web Wednesday-Marbled Orbweaver
Just as large and hairy as the Spotted Orbweaver I posted a while back but a lot more beautiful. Marbled Orbweaver-Araneus marmoreus. I don’t know if this is true for all this species but unlike the Spotted and other orbweavers … Continue reading
09.08.2022 A handsome greenie
I’ve mentioned previously about the larvae that collect debris as a disguise or camouflage known as bagworms. They are members of the Synchlora genus also known as Emeralds. Wavy-lined Emerald-Synchlora aerata. When young and not so fastidious as the adults … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, Lepidoptera, macro photography, Moths, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Amherst, geomet, geometrid, Geometridae, Geometrinae, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, New England, Synchlora aerata, Wavy-lined Emerald, western massachusetts
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09.02.2022 Fighting Frustration
This Mason Wasp-Parancistrocerus sp (possibly) was going from flower to flower on this American Burnweed-Erechtites hieraciifolius trying for some pollen in our yard. Eventually these flowers do open a bit more but for now the going was difficult.
Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, Insect Behavior, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Aculeata, American burnweed, Amherst, Erechtites hieraciifolius, Hymenoptera, insect, Mason Wasp, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, New England, Parancistrocerus sp, Vespidae, Vespoidea, western massachusetts, Wildflowers
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08.27.2022 Happy Spidurday!
I am sure not everyone feels happy about this image but happily for you this hairy spider is in my yard and not yours. 😉 Spotted Orbweaver-Neoscona crucifera. This lovely lady built her web from the top of one of … Continue reading