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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L 901J101 MD IP9S3745a tiny click beetle & finger print rings
R 901J102 OZ CRW_2107a tiny beetle on net
More beetles:
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L 901J103 OZ CRW_0424
LM 901J104 OZ CRW_0419
RM 901J105 OZ CRW_1059b
R 901Jj106 TH IMG_8161a
L 901J107 OZ CRW_1884a
LM 901J108 OZ CRW_1849
RM 901J109 OZ CRW_1847
R 901J110 OZ CRW_1858
L 901J111 OZ CRW_9773a hairy green beetle on leaf edge
LM 901J112 OZ CRW_0806a
RM 901J113 OZ CRW_1871
R 901J114 OZ CRW_1873
L 901J115 OZ Img_1918a mum & the kids
LM 901j116 MD IP9S2705a orange ladybird head on in a leaf
RM 901J117 OZ CRW_2036a
R 901J118 MD IP9S3374a
L 901J119 OZ CRW_2581
LM 901J120 OZ CRW_2586a
RM 901J121 OZ CRW_2587
R 901J122 OZ CRW_1804
L 901J123 MD IP9S3489a golden click beetle
LM 901J124 MD IP9S4277p love bugs
RM 901J125 MD IP9S4065g flower beetle
R 901J126 MD IP9S2690a
L 901J127 OZ CRW_0925a tiger beetle
LM 901J128 OZ CRW_0930a tiger beetle head
RM 901j129 TH IMG_7051c tiger beetle
R 901j130 XX 7042a Cicindela tiger btl
L 901j131 TH IMG_8489b black & orange beetle
LM 901j132 TH Img_8093b green beetle on stalk
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2 Bugs
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​L 901j201 OZ CRW_0520b long thin brown bug
​M 901j202 TH 7164b red blue long bug
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