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Tiny yellow insect - crop, Heesch, Netherlands <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63502/tiny_yellow_insect_heesch_netherlands.html" title="Tiny yellow insect, Heesch, Netherlands"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/63502_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=GFeCdguRxcLomICUpnKoN5pE07U%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Tiny yellow insect, Heesch, Netherlands This has to be one of the smallest insects I&#039;ve ever photographed. Inspecting the white sheet of my moth light trap, I noticed a little orange speckle. I figured to try and capture it, which was very hard. I focused at the closest focusing distance my macro lens allows, which makes this a 1:1 magnification. <br />
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With the subject still this tiny in the scene at maximum magnification, we can do the math to determine its size. From head to abdomen, is 456 pixels of height. Out of the 5504 of pixels of height of the full scene. Knowing the fragment it takes up in height, we can apply that to the sensor height, which is 23.9mm. That makes this insects body 1.98mm in size. <br />
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And here&#039;s the deep crop:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63504/tiny_yellow_insect_-_crop_heesch_netherlands.html<br />
Note how at this magnification, that silky white blanket isn&#039;t that white at all.  Europe,Heesch,Netherlands,World" /></a></figure><br />
This has to be one of the smallest insects I&#039;ve ever photographed. Inspecting the white sheet of my moth light trap, I noticed a little orange speckle. I figured to try and capture it, which was very hard. I focused at the closest focusing distance my macro lens allows, which makes this a 1:1 magnification. <br />
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With the subject still this tiny in the scene at maximum magnification, we can do the math to determine its size. From head to abdomen, is 456 pixels of height. Out of the 5504 of pixels of height of the full scene. Knowing the fragment it takes up in height, we can apply that to the sensor height, which is 23.9mm. That makes this insects body 1.98mm in size.  Europe,Heesch,Netherlands,World Click/tap to enlarge

Tiny yellow insect - crop, Heesch, Netherlands

Tiny yellow insect, Heesch, Netherlands This has to be one of the smallest insects I've ever photographed. Inspecting the white sheet of my moth light trap, I noticed a little orange speckle. I figured to try and capture it, which was very hard. I focused at the closest focusing distance my macro lens allows, which makes this a 1:1 magnification. <br />
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With the subject still this tiny in the scene at maximum magnification, we can do the math to determine its size. From head to abdomen, is 456 pixels of height. Out of the 5504 of pixels of height of the full scene. Knowing the fragment it takes up in height, we can apply that to the sensor height, which is 23.9mm. That makes this insects body 1.98mm in size. <br />
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And here's the deep crop:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63504/tiny_yellow_insect_-_crop_heesch_netherlands.html<br />
Note how at this magnification, that silky white blanket isn't that white at all.  Europe,Heesch,Netherlands,World

This has to be one of the smallest insects I've ever photographed. Inspecting the white sheet of my moth light trap, I noticed a little orange speckle. I figured to try and capture it, which was very hard. I focused at the closest focusing distance my macro lens allows, which makes this a 1:1 magnification.

With the subject still this tiny in the scene at maximum magnification, we can do the math to determine its size. From head to abdomen, is 456 pixels of height. Out of the 5504 of pixels of height of the full scene. Knowing the fragment it takes up in height, we can apply that to the sensor height, which is 23.9mm. That makes this insects body 1.98mm in size.

    comments (3)

  1. Wow, so cute and great capture! Before you mentioned the size, I was thinking it was a gall midge. But, given its tiny size, it could be a gnat. I'm not super at identifying flies that don't bite though ;/ Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago
    1. No worries, I'm not holding my breath on this one. I did ask Arp to have a look at it. Posted 7 years ago
      1. Well, if anyone would know, it would be Arp :) Posted 7 years ago

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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Jul 23, 2018. Captured Jul 21, 2018 01:42.
  • NIKON D850
  • f/16.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm