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Reversed 28mm Nikon E series/D90/Meike MK320. That Rhino horn near the eye! (Brown marmorated stink bug)

Mounted an old Nikon Series E 28mm in reverse on my D90 and used a Meike MK320 w/ collapsable lens-mount diffuser and got some insane stuff in the backyard This tiny sweat bee (?) in one of our flower pots was among the captures. Not an easy setup, but a fun challenge to get a clean picture. Pretty happy and amazed at how this one came out.

I captured this yellow sac spider (?) recently, sitting on a squash plant in my garden. Are those pollen grains in its mouth, tiny eggs, or both?

I didn’t even notice the scene as I was taking this picture of a tiny fly on a echinacea petal, but when opened in Lightroom, I discovered one fly making a meal of another. Oof. I believe this is a tiger fly (Coenosia tigrina). New England, USA

Two image stack, taken with a vintage 50mm f/2 Nikkor from the mid 70s, mounted on my old D90 in reverse. Produces some dreamy macros.

This little creature was barely visible on a squash plant in my garden. Is it, in fact, a lady beetle larva? (New England, USA)

Red-banded leafhopper resting on a hollyhock leaf in the garden. Only ~6mm long, or the size of an uncooked grain of rice. 3 image stack shot with a Laowa 100mm macro at about 2:1 magnification. A tiny beauty!

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So, the day my new Laowa 100mm macro lens arrived in the mail, this beauty appeared on my screen door and posed for a while. What good fortune! Pretty happy with my first test of this lens (12 image stack)

Spotted this Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) nestled in the middle of a Hollyhock this evening. 5 image stack taken with a Nikon D780, Laowa 25mm ultra, and flash w/ AK diffuser. I think the photo bomber on the lower left is a common flower bug (Anthocoris nemorum), judging by the feathery antennae.

Tele-macro of a worker in the garden coming in for a landing.