Insect and flower. I shot this series with Olympus TOUGH TG-5 by using (normal) macro feature. In this case I could not use extended focus because insect was moving way too fast and it was quite challange to get some photos even with normal macro. I shot over 200 photos to get these few. However with compact macro (with small sensor size) this is somewhat easier than with full frame sensor DSLR and macro lens. Hausjärvi, Finland. 28.8.2017

Chalcid wasp - this looks like the ones I normally see associated with columbine flowers but this was on a tree leaf. 2.5mm body length

cf. Seladerma sp. (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae)

Looks as if this wasp is trying to warm it's hands up :)

Shots from the archives

Grasshopper on a daisy. Nikon 105mm AF Micro.

Water Lily & Insect

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Narrow-bordered five-spots

"We have a great catch - cheer up, pal!"

Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)

Camera: Canon EOS 40D DSLR.

Lens: Leica - Leitz Wetzlar Macro-Elmarit-R 1:2.8/60

Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle) dancing over Ikarian granite rock

SONY DSC

Taken from inside as it crossed the glass of the window. I love the colours on its exoskeleton.

Photographed in the studio using a Canon EF 100mm f2.8 macro with a Canon EF 50 f1.8 reversed onto the front to give ultra close-up. Lit with an Elinchrom studio flash to give f22

It kinda looks like a grasshopper, but I'm not sure.

Lacewing larva at rest on a leaf. Fearsome looking mouthparts!

Hat Yai, Thailand

Tiger

Danaus

comma butterfly

Pea/bean weevil - Sitona sp. Focus stacked using zerene

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

Some people call this a Hornet, some a Wasp. Whatever it is, this is a big insect.

Queensland, Australia

Taken with my Lumix FZ38 - no extra lenses attached.

Greenbottle fly on potentilla. Natural light

Drone fly hoverfly on camellia- natural light

I studied this low growing Bromiliad at our Jungle Cabin for months. It is home to this spider and many other species, sometimes including small frogs. The rosette is always full of water and make a perfect rainforest habitat.

N D200, FL 180mm (T), 1.4 TC, 1/60sec-F/11, Aperture Priority, ISO 400, Flash: TTL, Handheld, Kent Ridge Park, Singapore, 28 Feb 2008.

on a little purple scabious

Campbell Park, Milton Keynes

insects attracted to light