A bug’s life: photographer captures beauty of insects in his back garden

The stunning close-up images are of insects commonly found during spring

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He says: “The jumping spiders are fairly hard to photograph as they don’t stay still for very long.

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“That was about three weeks ago, and I went out on a cold day, and the bumblebee was pretty dormant.”

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Although he’s never been bitten by an insect, he’s had to keep his wits about him when taking photographs of hornets

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A bug’s life: photographer captures beauty of insects in his back garden

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The stunning close-up images are of insects commonly found during spring

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He says: “The jumping spiders are fairly hard to photograph as they don’t stay still for very long.

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“That was about three weeks ago, and I went out on a cold day, and the bumblebee was pretty dormant.”

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Although he’s never been bitten by an insect, he’s had to keep his wits about him when taking photographs of hornets

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