Some incredible early morning shots of wet insects by German photographer Martin Amm.

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Posted on: August 21, 2008 4:56 PM, by ableiman
Some incredible early morning shots of wet insects by German photographer Martin Amm.

Red veined darter


Horsefly
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Comments
What utterly cool pictures! Thank you for posting them!
Posted by: OmegaMom | August 21, 2008 5:58 PM
This are AMAZING! thanks for posting...so beautiful...
Posted by: Lee Ann | August 22, 2008 12:15 AM
this is why german photographers are considered spray-bottle terrorists to insects.
Posted by: jeffn | August 22, 2008 12:42 AM
I love the first one with the segmented parts of eyes in the droplets.
Posted by: Zelly | August 22, 2008 6:00 AM
What can I say but WOW!!
Posted by: Asher | August 22, 2008 6:48 AM
Really nice. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Oruga | August 23, 2008 11:35 AM