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Not much time to blog today. Instead, some links: Roberto Keller has wonderfully detailed SEMs of the clypeal pegs  of amblyoponine ants. Douglas Adams' Jeremy Lee's view of Australia is spot on, except for the bit about snakes, which are worse than Adams Lee thinks.  (h/t John Wilkins) The New…
In 2009 the world's macrophotographers- both amateur and professional- continued to capture breathtaking images of the arthropod microscape.  I've been bookmarking insect photos from around the web that catch my eye, and after spending some time this week reviewing the candidates I've selected…
I'm a huge fan of artistic expressions which gets inspiration from the natural world, which is why I was absolutely floored by these beautiful clockwork insects created at Insect Lab by Mike Libby. These clocks are made from actual dead bugs; tiny clockwork gears and spings are worked around the…
Among the least understood technical aspects of photography, at least for novices, is aperture.  Yet aperture has profound effects on the resulting image.  Consider the following series of photos, each taken with a macro setup of an MP-E lens on a Canon dSLR camera, focused at the foremost tip of…