Because of all the insect photographs I am taking, I bought a small flash this month and started incorporating a diffuser and reflector into my macrophotography based on the tutorial from this blogger.
Rose Curculio (Merhynchites bicolor)
Showing posts with label leafhopper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leafhopper. Show all posts
2017/07/27
More urban insects on campus
As I mentioned last month, there is a group of pollination-enthusiasts conducting weekly pollinator observations on uOttawa campus. Here are some of the insects and plants we have observed this month.
Because of all the insect photographs I am taking, I bought a small flash this month and started incorporating a diffuser and reflector into my macrophotography based on the tutorial from this blogger.
Because of all the insect photographs I am taking, I bought a small flash this month and started incorporating a diffuser and reflector into my macrophotography based on the tutorial from this blogger.
2014/08/05
Long weekend at Windy Pine
This past long weekend, I returned to Peterborough and went back to Windy Pine to visit friends and tried mothing once again (just like last year).
Since I returned back to Ontario last week, I found this summer to be cooler and smoggier than I remembered.
2013/09/14
Lady Eaton Drumlin in late Summer
I had been busy this past week working on my thesis revisions, so I didn't really take any photos during the week. It had also been relatively uneventful this week, aside from the fact that another graduate student in my lab successfully defended his Master research and we went out for lunch at a popular BBQ place in Keene, and then last night we had a post-defense party at my supervisor's place. Weather-wise, it definitely feels that autumn is approaching (although it was really hot on Wednesday) with the evenings getting colder now.
On a somewhat unimportant note (to most people), Olympus announced the release of a new camera called E-M1 on Tuesday (news here). As my Olympus E-620 DSLR is getting older, I am thinking about upgrading the equipment to improve my photography skills. However, this new camera is very very expensive and I need to buy an addition adapter for my current lenses (which kind of defeats the purpose of using a small and lightweight system like Olympus). So eventually I will be in a dilemma of continuing with the Olympus brand or switching to a new system (e.g., Nikon) that is more well-supported by the company and its customers.
In the mean time, I will continue to enjoy my E-620 and the photos that I can get with it. Today, I hiked around the Lady Eaton Drumlin before going to school to do some work, because I seriously needed to be outside and enjoyed nature a bit.
On a somewhat unimportant note (to most people), Olympus announced the release of a new camera called E-M1 on Tuesday (news here). As my Olympus E-620 DSLR is getting older, I am thinking about upgrading the equipment to improve my photography skills. However, this new camera is very very expensive and I need to buy an addition adapter for my current lenses (which kind of defeats the purpose of using a small and lightweight system like Olympus). So eventually I will be in a dilemma of continuing with the Olympus brand or switching to a new system (e.g., Nikon) that is more well-supported by the company and its customers.
In the mean time, I will continue to enjoy my E-620 and the photos that I can get with it. Today, I hiked around the Lady Eaton Drumlin before going to school to do some work, because I seriously needed to be outside and enjoyed nature a bit.
First wildlife I saw was a Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens).
2012/03/31
Going to school again on a Saturday
Biked to school again on a nice sunny Saturday.
A warm day compared to the past week.
People were out canoeing! Beautiful sceneries.
Like the last time, I went behind the building to photograph things (before I spend the rest of the afternoon indoors doing statistics). There were many sparrows (Savannah, I think) singing and hiding in the dense grasses when I walked by.
Looking out to the field.
Goldenrod gall. From this fly?
Found a tiny leafhopper while searching for pollinators on the flowers.
Since last Sunday, the weather has been very cool and almost very winter-like. I tried looking for the bees again on Monday but the flowers were closed when I got there. When I got there again today, the only pollinator I saw was this fly dunking its head deep into flower for nectar. I brought my Raynox-250 for these close-up photos.
Since there was nothing else visiting the flowers, I turned my attention to the dew found on some leaves.
You can see the sun, the clouds, and half of me in the droplet!
On the way back to the building to do some work, I came across this Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) trying to hide from me.
Biking home. The weather has been like this recently - sunny in the morning then overcast in the afternoon. Weird spring weather here in Ontario, I'd say.
A warm day compared to the past week.
People were out canoeing! Beautiful sceneries.
Like the last time, I went behind the building to photograph things (before I spend the rest of the afternoon indoors doing statistics). There were many sparrows (Savannah, I think) singing and hiding in the dense grasses when I walked by.
Looking out to the field.
Goldenrod gall. From this fly?
Found a tiny leafhopper while searching for pollinators on the flowers.
Since last Sunday, the weather has been very cool and almost very winter-like. I tried looking for the bees again on Monday but the flowers were closed when I got there. When I got there again today, the only pollinator I saw was this fly dunking its head deep into flower for nectar. I brought my Raynox-250 for these close-up photos.
Since there was nothing else visiting the flowers, I turned my attention to the dew found on some leaves.
You can see the sun, the clouds, and half of me in the droplet!
On the way back to the building to do some work, I came across this Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) trying to hide from me.
Biking home. The weather has been like this recently - sunny in the morning then overcast in the afternoon. Weird spring weather here in Ontario, I'd say.
2012/03/22
More insects from Ivvavik National Park - Conclusion of 2011
I hope I haven't post these photos yet. Life is incredibly busy at the moment. I am still in the processing of sorting and analyzing my data from my first field season. On top of that, I need to find and hire a field assistant, have my second supervisory committee meeting before I leave for fieldwork, buy my plane tickets and field equipments, do my taxes, sort out my housing situation while I am gone as well as when I return from the field, and I am going to St. Louis for 10 days in April to take part in a pollination biology field course. Just listing it makes me wonder how I am going to get it all done, even though I know I will somehow.
Well, before I head out to Inuvik in two months, I really should post the remaining of my insect photos from Ivvavik National Park. So here they are, the final photographic post of my 2011 field season. Once again, thanks to all the kind folks at BugGuide for their help.
Well, before I head out to Inuvik in two months, I really should post the remaining of my insect photos from Ivvavik National Park. So here they are, the final photographic post of my 2011 field season. Once again, thanks to all the kind folks at BugGuide for their help.
Nordic Mountain Grasshopper (Melanoplus frigidus) - male
Definitely a leafhopper (Family Cicadellidae), perhaps a Limotettix sp.?
I really should take more photos of the bees last summer. Will try to do more of that this summer. Here is an Andrena sp. (Mining Bee) collecting pollen from Lapland rosebay (Rhododendron lapponicum) flowers.
Here's a plant bug (Family Miridae) on a soapberry plant, people think it is a Lygus sp.
One of the rare visitors of my soapberry plant - an Azure butterfly.
Towards the end of the day, I was tired and took my socks off and laid them on the field. Pretty soon, a Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus) showed up and starting drinking the salts, I suppose.
Lastly, a Freija Fritillary (Boloria freija) on a vaccinium (blueberry) plant. It is surprising how much you learn about plants and insects after one field season of studying them.
I really should take more photos of the bees last summer. Will try to do more of that this summer. Here is an Andrena sp. (Mining Bee) collecting pollen from Lapland rosebay (Rhododendron lapponicum) flowers.
Here's a plant bug (Family Miridae) on a soapberry plant, people think it is a Lygus sp.
One of the rare visitors of my soapberry plant - an Azure butterfly.
Towards the end of the day, I was tired and took my socks off and laid them on the field. Pretty soon, a Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus) showed up and starting drinking the salts, I suppose.
Lastly, a Freija Fritillary (Boloria freija) on a vaccinium (blueberry) plant. It is surprising how much you learn about plants and insects after one field season of studying them.
Time for bed.
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