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Enoplognatha ovata feeding on a much bigger Wolf spider.

I mainly do macro as I do a lot of insect and spider photography. My two lenses are 40mm macro with or without 20mm macro ring and the 18-55 kit lens mounted on a 36mm macro ring. The 40mm is brilliant and allows me to get great close-ups of spiders' eyes which are about 1/10th of a millimeter...

Newly-moulted Firebug.

A couple I took this morning.

Agelena labyrinthica - Female Labyrinth Spider outside the web funnel. These appear to have taken over from the orb-web spiders along the canal bank.

Came across a couple of glow worms tonight.

Episyrphus balteatus - Marmalade Fly

Stacked image (7 photos) of Funnel-web spider inside the web.

We have a large clump of lavender at work which is attracting huge numbers of butterflies and moths, including Hummingbird Hawkmoths. Finally able to get photos of them. :D

I discovered yesterday that there is a colony of about 15 bats living inside the wall of the workshop where I work. Being nocturnal, they fly out of their roost at about 10 PM, so in low light. To make matters worse, the entrance is 16 feet above ground level. I climbed up a ladder this evening...

Poor little guy has lost one of his jumping legs.

Saint-Louis-Arzviller Inclined Plane, Marne-Rhine Canal, France. This boat lift was built to replace 17 locks. The previous day-long passage can now be accomplished in 20 minutes. It takes 1 38-metre barge or 2/3 pleasure craft. Last summer, the caisson suddenly moved as a tourist boat was...

Not quite sure what this is, though the eyes and way the legs are held would suggest a crab spider.

4 day-old spiderling. Body length approx 0.5 mm long 34mm +36mm macro ring.

I really felt sorry for this little guy caught in the downpour.

Cherries 55mm + 36mm macro ring

I could kick myself for missing this one. I didn't know what it was and should have stacked it. Scorpionfly

Gryllus campestris - female Field Cricket

Love bite? Zebra v zebra

Anything to do with navigable rivers and canals. First up; Arzviller Tunnel entrance, Marne-Rhine Canal, France.