These photos were taken using a dissecting microscope and focus stacking approximately 47 images with the Helicon software. In the last six months, I usually photograph dead insects under 3 mm this way. Insects that are 3 mm or larger, and all live insects, are mostly imaged with the equipment described in my profile. There was a steep learning curve for me when I first started photographing insects through the dissecting microscope and there are more than a couple of "tricks" manipulating the light, background, camera settings, and post-processing, but obtaining decent photos of small bugs is not difficult at all if you have the time and patience.

to provide serendipitous finds to BG. The guide is the epitome of synergy and collaboration.

Thank you Ross for following up this entry to a happy conclusion.

The new subfamily reference should still be included at some point - hopefully one of our editors will get to this soon.

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