Category Archives: Nature Photography

10.01.2022 Too Close for Comfort Spidurday?

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Dark Fishing Spider-Dolomedes tenebrosus Who sees my little friend? Look closely if you dare. 🙂 Most often I find these in the wood pile but it was chilly last night so this one must have sought warmer shelter.

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Araceae, Arachnid, Dark Fishing Spider, Dolomedes tenebrosus, Entelegynae, Massachusetts, New England, nursery web spiders, Pisauridae, western massachusetts | 3 Comments

09.29.2022 Glamour Shot

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Steve Gingold

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.

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Dipt, fly, Gymnoclytia sp., insect, Massachusetts, New England, parasitic fly, Tachinid Fly, Tachinidae, western massachusetts | 17 Comments

09.24.2022 Brickyard Baubles

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Steve Gingold

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.

Posted in Abstract, Amherst, Closeup Photography, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Brickyard Conservation Area, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, Raindrops, western massachusetts | 24 Comments

09.23.2022 Frog Friday-maybe the last?

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Steve Gingold

We are starting to get a few nights in the 30’s although not a frost in the immediate future. But that might be chilly enough to trigger hibernation. This past Monday I visited one of the more reliable locations for … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Behavior, Fauna, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged American Bullfrog, female bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus, Moosehorn Road Pond, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, western massachusetts | 20 Comments

09.22.2022 Wood Splitter’s Delight

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Well maybe not all wood splitters but this one was happy to find these and get a nice shot of the two peacefully, I think, coexisting under the bark of some of my firewood that I was prepping for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Canada Fire-colored Beetle, Dendroides canadensis, Massachusetts, millipede, New England, Ophyiulus pilosus), western massachusetts | 13 Comments

09.21.2022 Waterfall Wednesday

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Steve Gingold

We had very little rain this past summer and many of the brooks here were actually rock landscapes. But last week we had a little bit and Murphy Falls had this trickle of a cascade flowing for a more intimate … Continue reading →

Posted in Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged cascades, Dean Brook, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, Murphy Falls, New England, Shutesbury, water in motion, waterfall, western massachusetts | 16 Comments

09.20.2022 Two-fer Tuesday

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Steve Gingold

This time both in one post. This Dogwood Sawfly larva-Macremphytus tarsatus was wandering about on the tarp while I was splitting firewood. I was almost as excited as I was with the snake. Different day though. We do have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Common Sawfly, Dogwood Sawfly, Hymenoptera, Hyphantria cunea, insect, lepidoptera, Macremphytus tarsatus, New York Ironweed, Noctuoidea, owlet moth, Tiger Moth, Vernonia noveboracensis | 17 Comments

09.19.2022 To or to not?

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Cloning? So this discussion happened a little while ago but that was about something that was not in the real world but within the camera. In this case it is quite real. I went back and forth about the cell … Continue reading →

Posted in Black and White, Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged fog, foggy landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New Salem, New Salem Overlook, North Quabbin, Quabbin, Quabbin Landscape, western massachusetts | 13 Comments

09.19.2022 Ssssssneaky Sssssssnake Sssssss

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Steve Gingold

While stacking some wood I had just split I felt eyes upon me. When I looked up I saw Eastern Garter Snake-Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis I’ve been bringing the camera out with me when working in the yard and it came … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, Fauna, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Eastern Garter Snake, Massachusetts, New England, reptile, Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis, western massachusetts | 27 Comments

09.18.2022 Assassin Bug

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Ringed Assassin Bug-Pselliopus cinctus

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Assassin Bug, Hemiptera, Massachusetts, New England, Pselliopus cinctus, Reduviidae, ringed assassin bug, true bug, western massachusetts | 15 Comments