Insect Macros

Close view of a male Blue Dasher face, eyes, legs, and wings

Face of a Dasher
Bright yellow pollen clings to the pollen-collecting hairs of a female Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee.

Loaded for the Journey

A gallery of insect photographs taken in various natural settings, showcasing different species and their unique characteristics.

Insects Up Close

Close portrait of a male Blue Dasher showing compound eyes, face, legs, and wing venation

Face of a Dasher
Pachydiplax longipennis
E22A5724-1 • Size: 2100 x 1400

Brown-belted Bumble Bee working among the disk florets of a yellow flower at close range

At Pollen Level
Among individual florets, a Brown-belted Bumble Bee works where pollination happens at its smallest visible scale.
D79A5241 • Size: 2757 × 4135

A frosted moth and a bumblebee share a thistle in the first light of a cold autumn morning.

Morning Survivors
A frosted moth and a bumblebee share a thistle in the first light of a cold autumn morning.
D79A5841 • Size: 2600 x 1733

Bright yellow pollen clings to the pollen-collecting hairs of a female Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee.

Loaded for the Journey
Bright yellow pollen clings to the pollen-collecting hairs of a female Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee (Augochlorella striata).
D79A0849 • Size: 3000 x 2000