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Finding a macro insect project to shoot

Finding a macro insect project to shoot

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Finding a macro insect project to shoot

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- All right, we're here. - All right, this is great. Amongst the giant bugs already, this is beautiful, Bob. What is this? - It's a lantern fly, and it's from Asia, and it's a lot like a cicada. And therefore it has beautiful wings, beautiful details in the wings, and it's all a membrane spread out over these veins that support it, so not unlike a butterfly that's got scales on it, has no scales. But also it has the beautiful colors that you see on a butterfly. It's much easier to work with this than it is a butterfly. - Oh, really? - Oh yes. - So you've got a ton of bugs back here. - Oh yeah. - Now, so you went from being a painter, you got interested in showing these bugs, but you know, it's one thing to walk outside and find a junebug on the ground, you have these enormous exotic bugs and you've got lots of them. Where do they come from? - Well, you know, you just start looking around for them. And I…

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