1. Beetles - pwd a
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Key:
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BO - 1998 Borneo
VN - 1999 Venezuela
EC - 2000 Ecuador
CR - 2001 Costa Rica
TH - 2002 Thailand
OZ - 2003 Australia
MD - 2004 Madagascar
UK - United Kingdom
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After my expedition to climb the active Sangay volcano in Ecuador, I spent the next few Xmases visiting various tropical countries for macro photography of endemic insects, the intention being to blow up the tiniest of bugs to A3 prints, and it became something of a passion to find the smallest subjects.
Below left is one of the tiniest bugs I captured: a minuscule click beetle from Madagascar, with the rings of my fingerprint for comparison.
To the right of it is a beetle from Australia. At first it might not seem significant, but the hexagonal lattice in the background is the superfine weave of a net placed outside at night to capture insects attracted by the mercury lamp behind it. This weave is barely visible to the human eye.
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MD IP9S3745a + IP9S3746a inset tiny click beetle
OZ CRW_2107 tiny beetle on net


More beetles:
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OZ CRW_0424
OZ CRW_0419
OZ CRW_1059b
MD IP9S2697a




OZ CRW_1884a
OZ CRW_1849
OZ CRW_1847
OZ CRW_1858




OZ CRW_9773a
OZ CRW_0806a
OZ CRW_1871
OZ CRW_1873




OZ CRW_0925a
OZ CRW_0930a
OZ CRW_2036_1a
MD IP9S3374a




OZ CRW_2581
OZ CRW_2586a
OZ CRW_2587
OZ CRW_1804




MD IP9S3489a golden click beetle
MD IP9S4277p bonking bugs
IP9S4065g flower beetle
MD IP9S2690a red bug




OZ Img_1918a mum & the kids

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