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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
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
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08.28.2020-2 Bedtime Spider
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
08.24.2020 Macro Monday-Spidah and Grasshoppah
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
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08.11.2020 Another Day, Another Skipper
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
07.06.2020-2 The highlight of my morning.
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
07.17.2019 Downy False-foxglove
One of the Quabbin Park wildflowers I look forward to every year is this lovely spike-Aureolaria virginica. Most of the time I spent with these flowers I shared with bumblebees and the little Syrphids aka hover flies-possibly Toxomerus sp. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, ecology, Flora, Nature Photography, Quabbin, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers
Tagged Aureolaria virginica, downy false-foxglove, flies, flora, Hover Fly, insects, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, Quabbin, Quabbin Park, Quabbin wildflowers, Syrphid Fly, Toxomerus marginatus, western massachusetts, Wildflowers
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07.15.2019 Along Branch Bridge Road
This is a popular locale for fishing and insect watching. Lots of dragonflies, damselflies, butterflies, and various other insects. It’s also the spot where I made the Tall Meadow Rue image last week. This first image was a pleasant surprise … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, Lepidoptera, Nature Photography
Tagged Aceria cephalanthi, Branch Bridge Road, buttonbush gall mites, Cephalanthus occidentali, Danaus plexippus, dragonfly, flora, insects, Massachusetts, monarch butterfly caterpillar, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New Salem, western massachusetts, Wildflowers
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07.21.2016 Brilliant Beetle
One of my favorite insects to photograph is the Dogbane Leaf Beetle (Chrysochus auratus). They are quite accommodating in the morning and allow for close approach and hardly move…just the occasional twitch of the antennae. They are found on milkweed … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Amherst, Apocynum cannabinum), beetle, Chrysochus auratus, coleoptera, dogbane, dogbane beetle, insects, Massachusetts, New England, Polyphaga, western massachusetts
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01.29.2015 Thinkin’ Summer
Tuesday’s snow has been cleared, the roof has been raked and we got up around 30°F today which led to some melting. Around midnight tonight there’s another few inches coming in and then we get real cold again, just in … Continue reading
