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11.18.2020 Wednesday Warmth
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
09.07.2020-2 Monday Macro-Up Close and Personal with a Red-legged Grasshopper
I posted something similar a bit ago of this same species but like this shot enough to share another. I had to employ the same strategy to get this shot, encouraging it to move around fully exposed to the camera. … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Quabbin
Tagged Gauco Pod, insect, Massachusetts, Melanoplus femurrubrum, New England, North Quabbin, orthoptera, Petersham, Quabbin, red-legged grasshopper, short-horned grasshopper, spur-throated grasshopper
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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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08.19.2015 Melanoplus femurrubrum
As far as I can tell, these Red-legged Grasshoppers (Melanoplus femurrubruml are our most ubiquitous orthopteran in my locale. I rarely see another but I am not beating the bushes looking for them either. How the red-legged grasshopper got his name … Continue reading
