Looks sharp to me as well lovely shot
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Thanks Rik and Jordan
I like these little fellahs - look like 6 legged alien cows to me
You can see they actually walk on tip toe on the tip/edge of their outer claw.
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Oh wow. This is an amazing picture! But, what exactly is this little creature? It looks like some sort of flea. Well it belongs in the Collembola group where the experts are arguing about whether they are insects or not. It's Dicyrtomina ornata a nice looking globular springtail that grazes often i...

Taken at 5:1 with an MPE-65 F6.3 and hand stacked from 5 shots.
The springtail is about 2mm body length.

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Lovely shot - I'm very familair with the flower- our next door neighbour has one right next to our fence and it keeps the few winter insects about fuelled up.
Like the DIY flash director/diffuser

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Lovely photos and nice looking fish
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Lovely capture
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Lovely shot Irwin -
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Lovely capture. Interesting size and colour differences. Wonder if they are different sexes.
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Lovely capture - must say don't think I would like to come back as a male spider
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Wonderful shot - really does look like a portrait painting
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Thanks for the comments everyone :) Think springtails are thought to be the most numerous bugs in the world, they also outjump fleas in power weight terms. Beetleman - think those are called snow fleas - apparently graze on algae growing in the snow. Seem to remember some people were investigating w...

These little bugs get more numerous in the cooler (or perhaps wetter) Winter months here. All taken at 5.1 with an MP-E 65- single shots First two shots small white springtails- longest about 0.7mm. Last shot springtail about 1.1mm body length. Brian V. Click on Pics for larger size http://farm3.sta...

Love #2- excellent
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Amazing looking mantid- like #3 best but can't help thinking it would be better rotated 90'
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