Small things seen up close. Work in progress…

I am not sure who these tiny bugs are on the periwinkle, but they were well color-coordinated.

I thought I recognised the snout so had to look them up. Google says weevils and it looks like one of a group called True Weevils.

Another weevil…

Nice contrast

The shape of potter wasps is really distinctive, a nice image...

A small bee, resting among the stinging leaves of a nettle...

The Lantana Wars

Wonderful colors and a curious situation: how did the scene end?

A beautiful specimen.
I think it might be interesting to reduce the warm cast of the lighting to recover the natural colors of the subject...

Another ephemera…

I'm not sure. The green one seemed to have lassoed the brown one with a few strands when I last saw them but I didn't see either become dinner.

Neat capture. The colors are spectacular and the fighting insects are very dramatic. An unusual capture image that is very enjoyable to view.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

This isn't my first attempt at capturing a rainbow of colours in a spider web. It never seems to pass expectations. Maybe there are some techniques I am unaware of. A larger depth of field would help and focus always seems a touch off (but that may just be the excess of reflected light). I am not sure how a filter would help to reduce the blown web elements, or how that would compare with some (-)ve EC.

Very curious, I had never noticed that effect…

Galerucella nymphaeae...

Junk Bug, 1st time ive seen one of these. fov 3mm the bug was very small 130 image stacks.
Live subject as usual.

15x magnifacation

Horrifying. Fascinating. 😲