Tag Archives: Papilionoidea

07.02.2022 “I’m available”

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Cabbage White butterflies-Pieris rapae are mostly in constant motion. But they do alight on flowers at times and as I was checking out our milkweed in the front yard I noticed this female land on one of our geraniums. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fauna, Insect Behavior, Lepidoptera, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Butterflies, Cabbage White, Cabbage Whites mating, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, New England, Papilionoidea, Pieridae, Pieris rapae, western massachusetts | Leave a comment

04.16.2022 Smiling on Saturday

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Steve Gingold

That’s me having spotted and photographed my first butterfly of 2022. Cabbage White-Pieris rapae on some of our iris foliage. These usually are pretty active but it’s chilly today so that got this one sitting and saving its energy to … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Butterflies, Closeup Photography, Insects, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Butterfly, Cabbage White, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, New England, Papilionoidea, Pieris rapae, western massachusetts | 30 Comments

09.14.2021 Another happy chase

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Steve Gingold

A Facebook friend mentioned a spot where she saw a couple of dozen Monarchs on some New England Aster this past Saturday. I decided to see if they repeated the visit yesterday morning and did find a couple. Those shots … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Lepidoptera, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged buterfly, Clouded Sulphur, Colias philodice, East Leverett Meadow, lepidoptera, Leverett, Massachusetts, New England, Papilionoidea, Sulphur, western massachusetts, yellow butterfly | 16 Comments

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 →

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 | 27 Comments

08.29.2021 Silent Sunday

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Cabbage White-Pieris rapae

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, Lepidoptera, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Cabbage White, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, New England, Papilionoidea, Pieris rapae, western massachusetts | 21 Comments

08.10.2021 Tuesday Twosome PG-13

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I came upon these two doing their best to assure that there will be more Cabbage White butterflies-Pieris rapae next year. I guess eye contact isn’t that big a deal in the insect world.

Posted in Amherst, Butterflies, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Lepidoptera, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, butterflies mating, Butterfly, Cabbage White, Cabbage Whites mating, insect, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, New England, Papilionoidea, Pieris rapae, western massachusetts | 8 Comments

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 →

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 | 22 Comments

08.07.2021 Friday Frit…on Saturday

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I did make this image yesterday so it is an appropriate title. I was walking Bentley in front of my neighbor’s yard across the street when I saw this frit flit. We ran to our house and I fetched my … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, Lepidoptera, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Brush-footed Butterflies, Great Spangled Fritillary, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, New England, Papilionoidea, Speyeria cybele, western massachusetts | 13 Comments

08.04.2021 Wordless Wednesday-Gray Hairstreak

Posted on August 4, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Lepidoptera, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Gray Hairstreak, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, New England, Papilionoidea, Strymon melinus, Theclinea, western massachusetts | 17 Comments

07/27/2021-Common Wood-nymph

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Steve Gingold

This was a fun pursuit. I visited an area in town called Brickyard. It’s a fairly large meadow which is broken up in a few spots by trees and a small river. As I walked a path around the meadow … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, Lepidoptera, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Cercyonis pegala, Common Wood-nymph, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, New England, nymphalidae, Papilionoidea, western massachusetts | 20 Comments