Interesting! I was in New Jersey a few years ago, and can relate that Spotted Lantern flies are all too common now.

Very cool!

What a lovely picture! And I especially appreciate that you went after this subject with the specific goal of getting this very image. Well done!

An interesting find. Our giant Ichneumons ( Megarhyssa ) will drill deep into decaying wood to parasitize wood boring sawfly larvae. I had read that the Ichneumons detect the presence of their host by sniffing out a fungus that grows in wood that has sawfly larvae. Now slime molds are NOT fungi, but...

Wow, that is still impressive!
And a fine picture to boot.

Very well done!

Nice! I have not seen that species. Cicadas are so weird.

Very interesting! The iris might have an epithelium that develops along with the skin outside of the eye. That could be why the stripe lines up.

An eerie but lovely picture.
So there is a spider in there?

Wow! They do look complicated.

A good series! All of this is very familiar to me, with my former life doing research on Drosophila development. Many, many hours at the dissecting microscope and microscope. Those were good times, though.

I had a serious problem using the R7 for hand-held focus bracketing, and I have yet to see that the problem was me and not the camera, and that is bc I am very experienced with focus bracketing that way. https://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=46379&p=290810#p290810 But from a fi...

All very well done!

Very nice picture!

Nicely done!