(Also showing you can do macro shots with a wide-angle lens.)
This yellow weevil made me laugh out loud, but that's not really fair; it probably thinks I look ridiculous too:
Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO400, f5.6, 1/250
This red poplar leaf beetle was walking up and down a leaf of grass, seemingly surprised each time it couldn't go further up at the top end:
Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO400, f5.6, 1/50
This forest bug is a sap-feeder, but it will feed on your fruit if you let it:
Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO200, f8, 1/125
His cousin, the box bug:
Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO100, f6.3, 1/60
The increasingly rare large marsh grasshopper. Pretty, as grasshoppers go, but sounds like a dripping tap (or faucet, as some have it):
Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f6.3, 1/100
This nasty looking bug is a scorpionfly. The huge beak is used for eating other insects:
Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/80
This is one of the Chysolinae, probably a dead-nettle leaf beetle. Amazing colours that change depending on the angle of the light:
Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/125
amazing creatures !
monsters.
Beautiful photos, but I wouldn't want any of those crawling around on me.
Do you have a macro filter or something?
No, I shoot an Olympus XZ-1 and an Olympus Stylus 1s, without any filters, macro converters, or any other help, except for a miniature tripod for shooting mushrooms in the shade. All the other pictures were shot hand-held with standard cameras.