11 Glittering Insects From the US Geological Survey’s Bug Collection

Insects are pretty much the raison d’etre of macro picture taking . And while there are plenty example out there , this collection of hundreds of mellow - Re creepy-crawly crawlies collected by the U.S. Geological Survey deserves some special aid .

The photo come to us from theUSGSBee Inventory & Monitoring Lab — part of a regime representation that collects and studies wildlife datum . Needless to say , there are mint of bee in the veranda , as well as other specimens like blossom , butterflies , beetles , even snakes .

You could drop hours studying the minute detail of these high - res mental image that are all free to download and use under the Creative Commons license . Here are a few of our particular favorites , but you’re able to download full size mellow resolution fileshere . [ viaNerdcore ]

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