Tag Archives: insects

09.16.2022 Wet and Wild Beetle Beauty

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Steve Gingold

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 →

06.29.2021 Coexisting Coworkers

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Usually when a second insect lands on a flower the one there first takes off. These two seemed oblivious to the other and kept about their work. Although lady bugs, lady birds to some, are known as predators of smaller … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amherst, Apis mellifera, Asian Lady Beetle, Coccinellidae, coleoptera, Harmonia axyridis, insects, lady bird, lady bug, Massachusetts, New England, Polyphaga, western massachusetts | 30 Comments

06.08.2021 Two for Tuesday

Posted on June 8, 2021 by Steve Gingold

While at the pond the first tiny find was this damselfly. Although very common it was a first sighting for me. Eastern Forktail-Ischnura verticalis female. After shooting this I moved along and found what I thought from a distance to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged damselflies, dragonflies, Eastern Forktail, Elfin Skimmer, insects, Ischnura verticalis, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, Moosehorn Road, Nannothemis bella, New Salem, North Quabbin, odonata, western massachusetts | 27 Comments

11.18.2020 Wednesday Warmth

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Steve Gingold

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 →

Posted in Amherst, Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Caelifera, insects, Massachusetts, Melanoplus femurrubrum, New England, orthoptera, red-legged grasshopper, western massachusetts | 23 Comments

09.17.2020 Garage Moth

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Steve Gingold

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 →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, macro photography, Moths, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Geometridae, insects, Juniper Twig Geometer, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, Moths, New England, Patalene olyzonaria, western massachusetts | 20 Comments

09.14.2020 Macro Monday

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Steve Gingold

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 →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged bees, Canada Goldenrod, carpenter bees, Eastern Carpenter Bee, flora, insects, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, North Quabbin, Quabbin, Solidago canadensis, solitary bees, Xylocopa virginica virginica | 18 Comments

08.28.2020-2 Bedtime Spider

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Bentley always goes out just before we go to bed. Tonight I noticed another web below where the Spotted Neoscona had been last week. This spider was much smaller and at first in the dark and with it being so … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Arachnid, insects, Micrathena mitrata, orbweavers, spider, White Micrathena | 16 Comments

08.24.2020 Macro Monday-Spidah and Grasshoppah

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Steve Gingold

The 180 came back last week and this weekend was my first time out with it. Saturday was a big disappointment. Pretty much every image was not very good as a result of everything coated with so much dew that … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Arachnid, Goldenrod Crab Spider, grasshopper, insects, Lawrence Swamp wet meadow, Massachusetts, Melanoplus femurrubrum, Misumena vatia, New England, orthoptera, red-legged grasshopper, spider, western massachusetts | 30 Comments

08.11.2020 Another Day, Another Skipper

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Two different skipper species ties my annual record in the yard. Maybe they don’t visit the yard all that often or I just might not be looking at the right time. But it was a delight to have a pair … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Butterflies, Closeup Photography, Lepidoptera, macro photography, Nature Photography | Tagged Butterfly, insects, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, New England, Peck's Skipper, Polites peckius, western massachusetts | 22 Comments

07.06.2020-2 The highlight of my morning.

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I headed out this morning with Canada Lilies on my mind. I found one plant that apparently is running a bit late and only had buds, no open blooms yet. Others have posted images on Facebook of them from different … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterflies, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Appalachian Brown, Brickyard Conservation Area, Butterfly, insects, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, New England, Satyrodes appalachia, western massachusetts | 51 Comments