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I am a seventeen year old homeschooled student with an interest in insects and photography. My predominant interest is in Coleoptera especially Cicindelinae and also Lepidoptera, mainly Saturniinae.
My main hobbies are taking pictures of and collecting insects. I have a collection of insects that I have been working on for about four years.
I also am working on a photographic collection of insects, which includes pictures of live and preserved insects that I have photographed.

Check out my article on Potentially Dangerous Arachnids and Insects

Here are some of my favorite photographs:




Many of my early pictures were taken with a Canon PowerShot A95 digital camera; some with a conversion lens adapter and a close-up lens. I am currently using a Nikon D70 with a 105mm macro lens and a macro speedlight.

I created my own watermark, which depicts a specimen of Goliathus goliathus in flight, you can see this watermark in many of my photographs.

Awards I Have Received:

First Place, Cousteau Creature Photo Contest. Four photographs published in the Cousteau Society’s Dolphin Log January/February 2004 issue.

Photograph of a clownfish and anemone submitted for the Cousteau Creature Photo Contest, but published in an article about clownfish in the Cousteau Society’s Dolphin Log January/February 2004 issue.

Second Place, 2004 Virginia Wildlife Photography Contest: Kids and Cameras 13-18. One photo published in Virginia Wildlife: Annual Photography Contest Showcase March 2005.

Grand Prize, 2005 Virginia Wildlife Photography Contest: Kids and Cameras 13-18. One photo published on the back cover of Virginia Wildlife: Annual Photography Contest Showcase March 2006.

Honorable Mention, 2005 Virginia Wildlife Photography Contest: Kids and Cameras 13-18. One photo published in Virginia Wildlife: Annual Photography Contest Showcase March 2006.

Coleopterists Society’s 2005 Youth Incentive Award (Senior category)
Synopses of proposal submitted: “To inventory Coleoptera species found on a wooded residential lot in central Virginia over a period of two years. Identify and photograph the species collected and compile the photographs along with information in a field guide entitled “Backyard Beetles: A field guide to Coleoptera found in a typical suburban lot in Powhatan, Virginia.” The guide will be available online and on CD.”
For more information see: here

Non-profit Use:
If you would like to use any of my images or other work, please contact me via e-mail. Most of the time I will grant permission for non-profit use as long as I am credited for my image(s) or other work. If any of my images or other work is to be used on a website link my name in my copyright notice to this page (Example: © Chris Wirth). If you want a higher resolution photograph or an image without a watermark please contact me.

Commercial or profitable use:
If you want to use any of my images or other work in a commercial or profitable manner please contact me to work out a licensing agreement.

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