Found on ivy growing up a yew tree in my Northants (UK) garden, 21st March. It's approximately 2.2mm in length (see scale bar at top left) and to be honest I have no idea what it is - so help with identification appreciated. Nikon D300 + Nikon 105mm macro VR + 36mm Kenko extension tube. Nikon SB-R1 ...

Great job with your new lens! Weevils are one of my favourite macro subjects - they've just got so much character - particularly at this sort of magnification. Lighting is just about perfect and really brings out that wonderful elephant-like "skin" texture. From a purely selfish point of view I'm gl...

Did you manage to get a pic of the darker juvenile Jason? As you live in the UK, as a last resort you can always send off a pic (with location details) to Bob Saville (National Barkfly Recording Scheme). He's very helpful and if your juvenile's identifyable from a pic, he'll give you an ID. I went o...

A beautiful image Ken.

I agree with Larry on the vignetting and also notice that you appear to have exposed the subject quite tight to the right. IMO, artistically this has worked really well giving the white stamens a vibrant, glowing look against the soft yellow throat of the flower.

Bruce

You've done a great job with this subject Rik. I would never have guessed what it was - you've produced something extraordinary from something relatively ordinary.

Bruce

I'm VERY impressed too Antonio. Excellent detail, colour is superb and your flash/diffuser has produce a beautifully even illumination of the subject.

Bruce

Thanks Jason. One advantage of such small subjects is they pose less of a DOF problem at this level of magnification (than larger subjects I mean) .

Bruce

Larry I'm amazed at the quality you get from your mobile phone!

Bruce

Interesting perspective on this subject Ken - made possible by your use of flash of course. I'd be interested to know if you tried this shot (or similar) with the on-camera flash? I ask because I often use my much loved Canon A650 (when for one reason or another I can't lug around the D300) and I do...

Just for the purpose of accuracy: I have just heard back from Bob Saville - organiser of the (British) National Barkfly Recording Scheme - that this barkfly is a female Ectopsocus petersi . Apparently one of the few species of barkfly that are around this time of year. So not Epicaecilius pilipennis...

Thanks Ken. From the little I've been able to Google I've been reading about Psyllids and (amongst other things) found out that the adults of all species have two pairs of wings. So I was quite pleased to note that the hind wings can just be made out through the transparent (and larger) front wings ...

That's about right Larry. IMO Psyllids make excellent subjects for macro photography. There are about 80 species in the UK (possibly more) for us to photograph - and for such small insects (typically 2-3mm) they're really quite colourful and anatomically complex. I want to try photographing them usi...

Found this Jumping Plant Louse ( Psyllid ) on a large Hypericom in my Northants (UK) garden. Size: approx. 3mm long. Nikon D300 + Nikon 105mm Macro VR + 36mm Kenko extension. ISO200 1/60th at f/18 (exposure comp +1.33) On-camera flash with kitchen towel diffuser. 3 frames manually merged in CS3. Hel...

Thanks Larry - Yes, I have to wear my reading glasses when I'm checking the fences for macro subjects as at this time of year there's not much about over 5mm - and most are well under 3mm. Things should be looking up pretty soon and I'll be able to walk around without fear of tripping over tree stum...

I took this pic this afternoon while out walking my dog Maggy. This tiny barkfly (order Psocoptera) was resting near the top of a fencepost and although very small (length 1.75mm) was quite easy to spot as it contrasted well with the colour of the post. I'm not certain of the precise species, but it...