Tag Archives: MacLeod Field

09.03.2021 Frog Friday Frog Fun

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Steve Gingold

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 →

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08.30.2021 A pleasant chase

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Steve Gingold

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 →

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08.29.2021 Sunday Night with the Hopper

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Steve Gingold

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 →

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08.18.2021-2 Webnesday

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Steve Gingold

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 →

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08.10.2021 Hey, Stinky!

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Steve Gingold

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 →

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08.09.2021 Monday Morning Meadow Marvel Mimic Macro

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Steve Gingold

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 →

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08.05.2021 Dragonfly Conundrum

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Steve Gingold

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 →

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07.19.2021 Collecting little pieces of Nature here and there

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Steve Gingold

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 →

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