The week's macros

I feel like I am taking more pics now with macro lens then I was taking with the 100-500mm zoom.  Really enjoying this type of photography, and I can barely keep up with all the moths I have been seeing.  Just this week I've had at least 14 lifers out here.  But also have nabbed some of my favorite macro shots.  I'll be working on a custom diffuser for my 3 light MF12 flash setup.  The factory ones are giving me some bad reflection I need to overcome, which is hard to do with the way the MF12 are set up.  Hopefully I can figure something out.  

One of my favorite pics I've ever taken is this Tan Jumping Spider.  I prefer this shot over the head on shots.  Something about this makes it look more like the predator it is, instead of a fuzzy, multi-eyed Teddy Bear.  See second photo for what they are capable of doing.  

Scorpionflies are also becoming a fast favorite of mine.  Wish they weren't so skittish though.  It looks like a mad scientist mashed together a Deer Fly, Scorpion, Horse and decided a Predator mouth would be awesome too.  

This Roundneck Sexton Beetle was absolutely infested with mites.  So much so I finally managed to catch it and put in fridge to try to cool them off it.  Turns out, after little research while they all chilled, it is a non-parasitic relationship.  They just hitch a ride to the next meal.  Still doesn't stop the creep factor!!

I managed a ~12 pic stack of the "pretty" mosquito (Uranotaenia sapphirina)

Just a few other macro shots taken earlier this week.  As I mentioned I hope to get a diffuser made for the MF12 and have a couple other things coming in that I hope will give me some more flexibility with my macro shooting.