#wideanglemacro

You could say they’ve got a s…ty life, but dung beetles like these ones (probably a Kepher sp.) are happy with that! Dung, especially that of herbivores like elephants and rhinos, is a still highly valuable source of energy for both the adult beetles and, such as in this case, for their future larvae. This couple (male rolling the ball, female holding tight to it) is about to bury this big “take away food” and deposit an egg on it. The larva will have a fresh pile of…food and it will eventually pupate inside it, protected underground. And remember, as someone once said: “if we didn’t have dung beetles, Africa would have been covered by s…t in less than a decade”! :-) maybe a little bit exaggerated, but surely truthful in its message! Shot with Nikon Z9, Nikon 8-15mm fisheye, Godox mf12 flash. 1/30 sec, iso 1000, f/16 #dung #dungbeetle #insect #nature #southafrica #wideanglemacro #conservation #picoftheday @ilcp_photographers @nikonitalia @nikoneurope @godox_global @ivorywilderness (at Klaserie Private Game Reserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnRyszBqzA-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sharp-tailed bee on Douglas aster. An image shot in wide angle. The flowers, so close together to our eyes, are given some distance as if being viewed from the perspective of being tiny, like a bee. ~~~~~~~~#wideanglemacro #coelioxys #cuckooleafcutterbee #sharptailedbee #astersubspicatus #douglasaster #natgeoyourshot #mat_macro_bees #laowa15mmmacro https://www.instagram.com/p/Brc69w1BdpL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gtyx9estw9c3

Life comes and life goes in a fluent stream of energy. This tadpole of Rana temporaria didn’t reach another day and although I love all the Amphibians, I was amazed to see this big predatory water beetle larva (Dytiscus sp.) who gained is lunch in a beautiful pond of the @parcobeigua in Italy. Shot with Outex underwater equipment and Nikon camera. @realoutex @nikonitalia #dytiscidae #water #insect #underwater #macrophotography #wideanglemacro #picoftheday #frog #temporaria #tadpole @ilcp_photographers https://www.instagram.com/p/CeoUKXxqrSQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The incredible Malayan trap-door spider (Liphistius malayanus) is among the most astonishing species I’ve seen in my life. With its segmented abdomens, Liphistius are the only living spiders with this characteristic and they reminds how spiders where around 350 millions years ago. I went to Malaysia on 2018 to find it where it’s populations are rapidly declining because of smugglers who go there at night to dig them out and sell them around the world. I’m not against spider keeping, in fact I always kept some myself too, but this particular situation isn’t sustainable and they’re continuously wild caught. At this rate, in a few years the population will eventually drop to zero, cause there will be no more chance for a adult male to find a female to mate with (they don’t tend to go far from their burrows). So, for the #worldwilflifeday I decided to dedicate my new post to this beautiful “old looking” spider from a distant beautiful forest. #spider #naturelovers #wildlife #macro #wideanglemacro #laowa15mm #arachnid #picoftheday #conservation #arthropod #spidersofinstagram #discoverwildlife #wildlifeplanet @ilcp_photographers https://www.instagram.com/p/CL9ilyOAz-O/?igshid=65yusy4orpq8

In the forest of Ranomafana National Park you can find dragons. They’re just tiny and delicate, easily damaged by land destruction and pollution. But they nonetheless there, like this amazing Leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) found by my guide some years ago while I was trying to document some of the most stunningly camouflaged animals with my friends and colleagues @messinanicola and @francesco_tomasinelli in Madagascar’s rainforests. #gecko #reptiles #herp #mostrakryptos #madagascar #ranomafana #conservation #herpingtheglobe #wideanglemacro #mostrakryptos @ilcp_photographers https://www.instagram.com/p/B9UXvCPK7OX/?igshid=2bddc2ob1guw

This is a Heriaeus hirtus crab spider eating a Ochlodes sp. butterfly in a beautiful meadow in the Italian northern Apennines, a spot teeming with life and death! ~~ I’m continuing “building” my custom wideangle ultra macro lens using the @venuslaowa 25mm as a base for the “thing”. ~ #wideanglemacro #wideangle #macro #macrophotography #spider #predatoridelmicrocosmo #predator #thehunt #pickoftheday #arachnida #meadow #venom #stalking_nature @ilcp_photographers https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzxq582Ijw2/?igshid=1bwaojmfesnnc

Water strider (Gerris sp.) checking a stonefly (Plecoptera) on the water surface. This image was shot by using the incredible @venuslaowa 24mm probelens, which permitted me to get low and close to this skittish animal without alarming it. It’s amazing how technology permits to get close to the animals today without disturbing them or having to build controlled condition situations. I love this kind of technology. #macro #insect #strider #waterstrider #gerris #bug #water #predatoridelmicrocosmo #arthropod #pickoftheday #laowa #wideanglemacro #perspective #microcosmos https://www.instagram.com/emanuele_biggi/p/BwT5gvBBMCO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=np8b1pnn5uoq

A beautiful Macrodontia cf. zischkai photographed in the primary forest of Peru, near @losamigosbiologicalstation. This longhorn beetle is among the biggest beetles of South America, even if the dimensions variate depending on the quality and quantity of food which they ingest during their larval stages. They only live a few weeks once adult and they really rare to see. I was very happy that my Elena found it very close to the station. It stayed still enough for me to take this image wit a long exposure at more than f/16. Thanks dude! #pickoftheday #insect #macrodontia #rainforest #laowa15mm #wideanglemacro #macrophotography #biodiversity #selva #peru @amazonconservation @conservacionamazonica @ilcp_photographers (presso Los Amigos Biological Station) https://www.instagram.com/p/B11OAS1AqzI/?igshid=3g47uaxcsy8a