I love macro pictures and have been keeping collecting those kind of images. However,when I saw below photos by Miroslaw Swietek, I was totally shocked. I never thought those insects can be that beautiful and glittering, like creatures from another planet as dew gathers on their sleeping bodies.

This month looks like it has been encrusted in diamonds as it rests on a twig

These remarkable photographs were taken by physiotherapist Miroslaw Swietek at around 3am to capture the insects while they are less active in a forest near his home. Using a torch, the 37-year-old amateur photographer hunts out the motionless bugs in the darkness before setting up his camera and flash just millimeters from them.

Droplets of water bead on the head of this blue dragonfly as it slumbers on a leaf

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I guess even the sweetest tooth might find these confections easy to resist. From worm lollipops to chocolate-dipped scorpions these bizarre concoctions could be from the dark mind of a twisted witch.

Californian based candy creators HOTLIX have been making people cringe with delight with their outrageous confections for over 25 years. Their first insect candy was a tequila flavored lollipop with a worm in it back in 1982.

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There are various kinds of pets in our world, cat,dog,fish,bunny,birds or SPIDER! Yes, spider! Somehow, it is difficult for me to think to raise a spider like a pet. But you can see they are sold in the pets shops (where I got shocked at the first place). Those flurry, 6 eyes, 8 legs creatures. However, you know what, after I see this small guy (the first picture below), I just found them are not that ugly. Or at least, not all of them are ugly. After doing some research on internet…I do find some interesting spider species.

THE GREEN JUMPING SPIDER
Also known as the Clown Spider and Northern Green Jumping Spider. It is a mormon!! lol.
Its eyes are so cute, what he/she tries to express?

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The common insects that we hardly look at, mostly despise and even abhor, however they might become artistic intricate objects in macro-photography. Of course, some mugshots are frankly quite ugly, reenforcing our general dislike of flies and spiders. But that is not within my scope of topic. I just pick some pretty ones. If you want to see more such fascinating shots you can go and click the links I gave at the bottom.

Enjoy your Journey to the Insect World.

Most of the pictures are collected from phtodb and Micropolitan Gallery

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