Tag Archives: caterpillar

09.09.2022 Beauty on a Parsley Sprig

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Steve Gingold

We grow some parsley in a long rectangular pot alongside my small cactus collection on a table in the yard. It’s been a few years since we had these larvae but yesterday I found this one and it’s still munching … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Butterflies, Closeup Photography, Insects, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

09.05.2022 More Aster Attraction

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Steve Gingold

This Blackberry Looper-Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria caught my eye after the Cabbage White flew off. I haven’t photographed an adult yet but with any luck this larva will give me the opportunity.  When mature, it’s an emerald with white lines and quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, Insect Behavior, Lepidoptera, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

07.30.2022 A special find for Blog Post #2300

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Fourteen years ago I found one of the most beautiful caterpillars I’ve ever seen in our yard dining on some goldenrod leaves.  That happened again yesterday morning after a brief shower. Brown-hooded Owlet-Cucullia convexipennis.  I hope this one survives.  The … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, Lepidoptera, Western Massachusetts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 29 Comments

07.18.2020 Shaggy

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Steve Gingold

There’s a lot more happening at the Milkweed Inn than just monarchs, although there can never be too many monarchs.  There are milkweed beetles which I shared the other day, milkweed bugs which I have yet to photograph this year, … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Insects, Lepidoptera, macro photography, Moths, Nature Photography | Tagged , , , , , | 40 Comments

08.10.2019 Must be scratchy on the way down

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Steve Gingold

I wouldn’t imagine a bird would swallow one of these twice…if at all. Virginian Tiger Moth caterpillar-Spilosoma virginica-aka Yellow Bear.  There’s more to Moosehorn Pond than frogs.  🙂

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fauna, Insect Behavior, Insects, Lepidoptera, macro photography, Nature Photography | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

09.27.2017 Defying imagination

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Steve Gingold

The insect world is beyond imagination.  Natural selection has created so many different species that I don’t think human artists could even approach duplicating the feat. And, although describing is beyond my intention in this post, their lives are just … Continue reading →

Posted in Insects, Lepidoptera, macro photography, Moths, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged , , , , , , | 18 Comments

02.03.2012 Award News

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Steve Gingold

I am very pleased to say that I have received an Honorable Mention in the Flora and Macro category for the 2011 submissions.  You can see the page with my image here and all the winners can be seen here. … Continue reading →

Posted in Insects, Lepidoptera, macro photography, Moths, Nature Photography | Tagged , , , , , , | 19 Comments