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09.12.2020-2 Spidurday
Well, Gary has his Webnsday and I won’t probably keep this going as faithfully as he has but I have become a bit more interested in Arachnids. Shamrock Orbweaver- Araneus trifolium. So this dreamboat decided to inhabit our bee balm, maybe to … Continue reading
08.30.2020-2 “Ooh somebody, ooh somebody. Can anybody find me somebody to hug?”
With apologies to Freddie. In between showers I found this lonely White-banded Crab Spider-Misumenoides formosipes longingly waiting for somebody, anybody to hug. Unfortunately for this fly, the spider wanted more than a hug. Lonely No longer lonely…or hungry Crab spiders … Continue reading
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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08.17.2020 Macrarachnido Monday
Arachnid was in the title so you were warned. 🙂 Friday evening at bedtime I took Bentley out into the backyard. I carry a 1400 lumen flashlight that lights up the whole yard and I noticed above one of the … Continue reading
06.20.2020 Creepy Saturday
Not everyone is creeped out by spiders, but I felt a warning was fair. 🙂 While looking for the orchids yesterday and before happening upon the damselfly, I noticed this Arabesque Orbweaver with its bagged lunch on a leaf. For … Continue reading
09.08.2019 Coincidental ties in to recent conversations
The last few days, Steve and I have remarked about a couple of things, hornet nests and leaf-roller spiders. As luck would have it, I had a chance yesterday to photograph both subjects here in the yard. The first we … Continue reading
