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1. Beetles & Bugs

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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.

 

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1 Beetles

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Below left is one of the tiniest beetles 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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901J101 MD IP9S3745a tiny click beetle & finger print rings

                                                                901J102 OZ CRW_2107a tiny beetle on net

IP9S3745a
OZ CRW_2107a

More beetles:

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901J103 OZ CRW_0424

                           901J104 OZ CRW_0419

                                                         901J105 OZ CRW_1059b

                                                                                  901Jj106 TH IMG_8161a

CRW_0424
CRW_0419
CRW_1059b
IP9S2697a

901J107 OZ CRW_1884a

                          901J108 OZ CRW_1849

                                                     901J109 OZ CRW_1847

                                                                                901J110 OZ CRW_1858

CRW_1884a
CRW_1849
CRW_1847
CRW_1858

   901J111 OZ CRW_9773a hairy green beetle on leaf edge

                         901J112 OZ CRW_0806a

                                                    901J113 OZ CRW_1871

                                                                               901J114 OZ CRW_1873

CRW_9773a
CRW_0806a
CRW_1871
CRW_1873

901J115 OZ Img_1918a mum & the kids

                        901j116 MD IP9S2705a orange ladybird head on in a leaf 

                                                    901J117 OZ CRW_2036a

                                                                               901J118 MD IP9S3374a    

Img_1918a
MD IP9S2705a
CRW_2036_1a
IP9S3374a

901J119 OZ CRW_2581

                             901J120 OZ CRW_2586a

                                                    901J121 OZ CRW_2587

                                                                                901J122 OZ CRW_1804

CRW_2581
CRW_2586a
CRW_2587
CRW_1804

901J123 MD IP9S3489a golden click beetle

                           901J124 MD IP9S4277p love bugs

                                                      901J125 MD IP9S4065g flower beetle

                                                                                 901J126 MD IP9S2690a  

IP9S3489a
IP9S4277p
IP9S4065g
IP9S2690a

901J127 OZ CRW_0925a tiger beetle

                            901J128 OZ CRW_0930a tiger beetle head

                                                          901j129 TH IMG_7051c tiger beetle

                                                                                    901j130 XX 7042a

                                                                                    Cicindela tiger btl

CRW_0925a
CRW_0930a
TH IMG_7051c
XX 7042a

  901j131 TH IMG_8489b black & orange beetle

                                 901j132 TH Img_8093b green beetle on stalk

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 TH IMG_8489b
TH IMG_8093b

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2 Bugs

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901j201 OZ CRW_0520b long thin brown bug

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                                  901j202 TH 7164b red blue long bug

OZ CRW_0520b
H 7164b

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