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This one was ovipositing in the wall of my home, the flash produced a "stock image like" background:

Stack of two pictures with Canon MP-E 65mm @ about 1x magnification, raw processed with UFRaw and final stack in GIMP


Oviposing bug by Gustavo Mazzarollo, on Flickr

The exact moment of ovipositing:


oviposing by Gustavo Mazzarollo, on Flickr

The complete seto of eggs:


Oviposing by Gustavo Mazzarollo, on Flickr

The desperate face of the ant reflects what I am seeing last weeks, being relatively cold (for summer) and dry and insect population is on decline.

I'm not sure if these dried eggs still harbor life, but they were arranging them carefully:


Ant eggs protection by Gustavo Mazzarollo, on Flickr


ant_eggs by Gustavo Mazzarollo, on Flickr

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Your macro work is simply stunning!

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That is so freakin' awesome.

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This is absolutely amazing!

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Outstanding images, this is the kind of photography that shows people like me bits of the world they just wouldn't see otherwise. Thanks for sharing!

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Apart from the photos being amazing, I am totally fascinated by nature's *barrel-like* design of the eggs of the green insect. They look surreal. And I wonder how they all fit into that insect.

Great! Thank you for sharing.

regards,
HTG