Looking closer.
When you think you’ve seen it all, look closer. Macro photography, even as an amateur, is absolutely addicting. These are all from my tiny little butterfly garden. I love the photos where people get very up close with an insects face, but I doubt I’ll ever get quite that good! But even these are enough to introduce me to little monsters I didn’t know existed.
I first found the double stripe leaf hopper on the of an echinacea bloom and I believed it was really just a piece of fluff but instead there’s this miniature dinosaur shooting a waxy substance out it’s …… back end. Bizarre!
Night time macro photography, whether flower or insect is another fun learning experience. I helps me learn about the lighting options. I love it when things glow.
The two pictures below are spiders that are each on their own flower head. They have that “territory” where they take care of aphids and other pests.
The white banded crab spider claimed this coneflower – these spiders don’t really create webs, but rather just hang out and wait for aphids. I had no idea this was a thing until I saw that nearly every single flower had own spider. Something to remember when you cut them and bring them inside!
This monster is the spiny assassin bug. It does pack a wallop of poison depending on the size you are. For humans it would more like a mild bee sting.
SNAPBYSNAP 