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Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris). Arne, Dorset, UK. Just how close to a tiger beetle can one get with a macro lens I wondered? About this close and not much closer I concluded. They don't seem to like facing their own reflection in the lens cover however - and who could blame them. The...

A spider hunting wasp (Anoplius viaticus?) with paralysed prey on heathland. Arne, Dorset, UK.

Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris) on the heath. Arne, Dorset, UK. Tangling with pretty much anything which came within a 20cm radius. Wouldn't sit still for a portrait.

Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebeius argus) on the heath at RSPB Arne, Dorset, UK. 06/06/11.

Four spotted chaser dragonfly (Libellula quadrimaculata) detail. Arne, Dorset, UK. 29/05/11.

Four spotted chaser eye detail. Arne, Dorset, UK. 29/05/11.