Tiny Cricket…

[mapleleaf56]

While I was in my local Pet Smart today I noticed one of the staff cleaning a tank that usually held live crickets, anyway there appeared to be a number of dead ones that she was going to throw away, so I asked if I could have a few as I like to photograph insects. Anyway she gave me some free of charge. Here is my first photo of one of said Crickets.. This little guy was no more than half a centimetre in size..

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
• 90.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 800

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Nice. I hate these things. I used to buy them for my Gecko, but they escape and live for ages. As they age they start chirruping amd it's incredibly loud and annoying at night

 

[spudhead]

While I was in my local Pet Smart today I noticed one of the staff cleaning a tank that usually held live crickets, anyway there appeared to be a number of dead ones that she was going to throw away, so I asked if I could have a few as I like to photograph insects. Anyway she gave me some free of charge. Here is my first photo of one of said Crickets.. This little guy was no more than half a centimetre in size..View attachment 16868

I had a go at macro a couple of years ago and the spiders and bugs were even more ugly than my nightmares, so bees and butterflies ok for me