True Bug gallery

These page contains a mixture of regular macro photography and 'focus stacks' of dead insects shot in a macro studio, mostly the latter.

Please see the Articles section for more on the techniques used to produce the extended depth of field images.

The names which appear when you mouse-over the thumbnails are my best attempts at identification - I am not a trained entomologist, but I have been studying bugs for around 20 years. If I'm not sure of the species then I will just list the genus, sometimes just the order.. Please let me know if you think any of my IDs are incorrect.

Shield bug