This is my first attempt at focus stacking and studio photography, I built a whole janky light box and everything. I'm really happy with how it turned out.
This guy is a Punctured Tiger Beetle.
#BugSky #Photography #Macro #Entomology

Been a minute since I posted on here lol. Finally caught up with all my pictures, so I'll first start with a re-edit of this Bold Jumper
#BugSky #Entomology #Photography #Macro

The weather is finally nice and I was able to get out and use my new lense. Here are a male and female Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) I got today

#Arachnid #Entomology #Spider #Photography #Canon #Macro

This is some kind of sawfly, not sure which one though. This was taken with Canon's 180mm macro lense which has been a blast to use

#Hymenoptera #Entomology
#Photography #Sawfly #Canon #Macro

Got a flash diffuser for my camera, so I've been doing test shots with a cicada specimen I have and I'm soooo excited to get back outside and use it!

The second picture has the focal point on the compound eye so you can see the details

#Entomology #Photography #Insect #Cicada

Loooooove wolf spiders! Here's a Thin Legged Wolf spider I found!

It needs to be spring already! I bought a fancy new macro lense and don't have much to take pictures of with the freezing temps here in CO. In the mean time though, here's an Ichneumon wasp I spotted last year. Pretty sure it's a Therion
circumflexum wasp.

#Entomology #Photography #Insect #Wasp

Praying mantis are so much fun to take pictures of. Like jumping spiders, I feel like you can watch them think

#Entomology #Insect #PrayingMantis #Photography

This is one of the first pictures I got with my camera, a species of Grass Spider. I'm pretty sure from the genus Agelenopsis but not 100%. Ever since getting my Canon EOS 70D I've fallen in love with wildlife photography, especially on the macro scale.
#Photography #Entomology #Spider

Gotta love a good longhorn beetle, especially one as stunning as the Locust Borer (Megacyllene robiniae)
#Entomology #Insect #Bug #LonghornBeetle

I really enjoy getting pictures of almost any hymenopteran. They are super misunderstood and very fun to watch. This is a species of Prionyx wasp I found last year!
#Entomology #Wasp #Bug #Insect

This is one of the first pictures I was really proud of. The Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata americana coloradensis). These guys are super fun to watch hunt!

#Entomology #Photography #Insect #Bug

Jumping spiders are one of my favorite subjects. Pretty certain this spider is in the genus Phidippus. I'm not sure of the species though, maybe it's a Bold Jumper?
#JumpingSpider #Entomology #Photography #Spider

Squrl
#Photography #Squirrel

Another insect I found on my trip to #GlacierNationalPark last year, a massive polyphemus moth caterpillar (Antheraea polyphemus). This is definitely one of my favorite pictures I've taken
#Entomology #Insects #Photography #Moth

Golden Flower Longhorn (Lepturobosca chrysocoma)
Found in Glacier National Park 2024
#Insects #GlacierNationalPark
#Entomology