Initially frustrated because of its determination to move without pause, I finally resorted to letting it walk on a finger of my left hand while operating my camera with my right. The images were adequate to reveal a larval form of the graceful lacewing, known to camouflage itself with the remains of previous victims. The pincers seen in the frontal view are hollow, and are used to remove nutrients from victims of these merciless little hunters. It has been suggested that they sometimes use them, perhaps aggressively, against humans, but my specimen was entirely too tiny to be a threat. After pursuing his endless march for a time, he fell off my finger and I was unable to subsequently locate him.
Not exactly a studio shot, but he came to me rather than the other way around!
Leonard
