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11.08.2021 Almost Monochrome Monday
I considered converting to black and white but like the coolness of the frost. In some cases one color is acceptable to still be considered monochrome but this has some brown as well. Some folks like to present images in … Continue reading
11.07.2021 Autumn Frost
This could be the start of something. We’ve had a few frosts in the past week but yesterday was my first opportunity to do something beside scraping the windshield. Frosted Red Oak Leaves in MacLeod Field.
Posted in Amherst, Autumn Color, Closeup Photography, Fall Foliage, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Amherst, Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, frost, frosted leaf, intimate landscape, landscape, Lawrence Swamp, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, native plant, New England, Quercus rubra, red oak, red oak leaf, western massachusetts
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09.03.2021 Frog Friday Frog Fun
When I visited MacLeod Field on this past Sunday I had insects on the mind and as you saw had an enjoyable time chasing the Silver-bordered Fritillary. But prior to that I was chasing a small moth when I saw … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst, Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, Fauna, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Amherst, amphibian, common gray treefrog, Dryophytes versicolor, eastern gray treefrog, Hyla versicolor, Lawrence Swamp, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, New England, northern gray treefrog, tetraploid gray treefrog, tree frog, western massachusetts
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08.30.2021 A pleasant chase
While at MacLeod Field yesterday morning, I spotted this flash of orange and having seen several Pearl Crescents thought it to be one. But upon a closer look I was mistaken. Silver-bordered Fritillary-Boloria selene When I first spotted this individual … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst, Butterflies, Closeup Photography, Insects, Lepidoptera, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Amherst, Argynnini, Boloria, Boloria selene, Heliconiinae, insect, Lawrence Swamp, lepidoptera, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, New England, nymphalidae, Papilionoidea, Silver-bordered Fritillary, western massachusetts
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08.29.2021 Sunday Night with the Hopper
Lots of insects at the wet meadow this morning. This hopper was my first encounter. Red-legged Grasshopper-Melanoplus femurrubrum I continue to be impressed with this 180+2.o combo. These are pretty common and can be large enough in numbers to be … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Acrididae, Amherst, insect, Lawrence Swamp, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, Melanoplus femurrubrum, New England, orthoptera, red-legged grasshopper, short-horned grasshopper, spur-throated grasshopper, western massachusetts
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08.18.2021-2 Webnesday
Gary hasn’t posted in a while so I’ll pick it up with a spider for the day. Hope we hear from him soon as well. In the same meadow, MacLeod Field, where I found the Viceroy I also saw a … Continue reading
08.10.2021 Hey, Stinky!
Not sure how the Genus common name came about as I did not smell this at all. Of course I was a few feet away. But I can see how they are called Lacewings, one of the Neuroptera that also … Continue reading
08.09.2021 Monday Morning Meadow Marvel Mimic Macro
If you can add more ‘m’s go right ahead. Bet you think this is a Monarch, unless of course you know it isn’t. It is a Monarch look-a-similar, the Viceroy-Limenitis archippus. I was hoping to photograph grasshoppers or craneflies or … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, Lepidoptera, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Amherst, Brush-footed Butterflies, Butterfly, lepidoptera, Limenitis archippus, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, New England, nymphalidae, Papilionoidea, Viceroy, western massachusetts
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08.05.2021 Dragonfly Conundrum
This could be one of two dragonfly species. They are indistinguishable in a photograph or even in hand, which I do not do. I have decided that it is a Cherry-faced Meadowhawk-Sympetrum internum but cannot be positive. The other possibility … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Amherst, Anisoptera, Cherry-faced Meadowhawk, dragonfly, insect, Lawrence Swamp, Libellulidae, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, New England, odonata, Skimmer Dragonfly, Sympetrum internum, western massachusetts
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07.19.2021 Collecting little pieces of Nature here and there
While checking out the milkweed for monarch caterpillars (still none to be seen) I noticed this little grasshopper sitting on a nodding bloom of Fringed Yellow Loosestrife-Lysimachia ciliata. The Two-striped Grasshopper nymph-Melanoplus bivittatus did not weigh much and the flower … Continue reading