A Bed Bug...

...just for you.

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Cimex lectularius, the common Bed Bug

More photos from this series are posted here.


photo details:

Canon EOS 50D camera

Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens

ISO 100, f/13, 1/250sec



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Light box again? I love that photo... although it gives me the galloping heebie-jeebies.

So who was volunteering to play "host" during that photo shoot? I don't think I could bring myself to do that.