These photos were all taken with the MP-E65mm in the space of about half an hour and within the same 6" x 6" patch of my UK garden. It's amazing to me just what a diversity there is at the tiny scale.
1. A very unfortunate tiny fly with at least two mites on his back (it looked like there might be at least two more smaller ones too). How can the fly support mites that are about the same size as he is? He only walked about - I'm not sure if he could fly. Taken at 4X.
2. A plant bug of some sort (I've yet to get around to identifying most of these subjects). I thought it was a large ant at first look.
3. Interacting springtails. I'm not sure what species, but they are common on leaves in my garden. Could be Deuterosminthurus pallipes
4. A much darker springtail, which it seems may be a dark form of the same species.
5. A small beetle - perhaps a kind of rove beetle. I've seen lots of them, but they're hard to get a shot of as they move pretty quickly.
6. I missed a really good shot here, concentrating on the purple springtail, Lepidocyrtus cyaneus, not noticing if I'd framed slightly lower I'd also got a tiny beetle and an even smaller creature, both in focus but cut off by the bottom of the frame - what a pity!
7. An immature froghopper.
8. This creature had two pairs of wings, so despite appearance is not a true fly - no idea what it is. See also the tiny eggs bottom left. This was at about 3X, so was very small.
