A broad-headed bark spider (Caerostris sp)

Have you seen one before?

A spider weaving its web beneath a stem covered in green aphids, alongside an aphid-eating hoverfly larva

📷 Fujifilm Xh2 + xf30mmf2.8 macro

🔦 Godox v860ii + diy diffuser

Stacked < 50 frames

OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark I & OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro 2:1 IS PRO + Godox V860 III O + Trần Thế Ngọc's MACRO Diffuser

135 stacking images ~~ 5:1 magnification ratio

A mommy cellar spider carrying her egg sac

📷 Fujifilm H2 + laowa 65mmf2.8 Macro

🔦 Godox v860ii

Stacked 55 frames

Me and my mom painted her summer house back in August of 2021 and step one was cleaning it.

But of course I couldn't just do that - step .5 became shooting this lovely (and small) tortrix moth on the side of the house before chasing it off so I could proceed with the cleaning.

I had some help figuring out the species here, and it turns out to be a chestnut tortrix (Cydia splendana). It is also known as the acorn moth (though that name is used for a different species in North America). Given that the house is surrounded by several really large oaks and zero chestnuts, I'm figuring this one was here for the acorns.

Since it stayed perfectly still and was at pretty much eye level, I had time to take lots of shots so this is a six-exposure focus stack compiled using Zerene Stacker.

The magnification level here is 3.9:1 which sounds a lot - but just how close is it? Well, when you know the level of magnification, it is actually quite simple to calculate the exact size of the subject so I decided to measure the eye. It turns out the diameter of one of those green eyes is no more than 600 microns - or .6 mm! (That's about 1/40th of an inch for those of you who use freedom units.) Personally, I'm absolutely elated that I can capture such small details so well now.

For technical details on camera/lens/settings used for this shot plus a link to a shot of the side of the moth, please have a look here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51856501453/

My new 8 leg bro, he is still young and will grow quickly

📷 Fujifilm xh2 + laowa 65mm f2.8 macro

🔦 Godox v860ii + diy diffuser

Stacked 25 frames

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📷 Fujifilm Xh2 + laowa 65mmf2.8 macro

🔦 Godox v860ii

Stacked many frames