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Passion for macro photography and all the small things
I live in Costa Rica and for the past 5 years I have been documenting the amazing biodiversity that this country has to offer!

This was one of the coolest things I’ve seen! This spider built a larger spider out of old prey and debris right in the ...
12/11/2026

This was one of the coolest things I’ve seen! This spider built a larger spider out of old prey and debris right in the center of her web!! This totally blew my mind, I had read about this behavior before but to see it in real life was so exciting and unexpected!

The spider in question is a type of Trashline Orbweaver in the genus Cyclosa. Most of the species form a single line of “trash” in their web but a few have developed this fascinating decoy strategy using the shape of a larger spider to perhaps trick Birds, Wasps or other predators into attacking the wrong one and giving it a moment to escape.

Spiders have developed so many incredible survival techniques and I’m really happy to have been able to document this one at last!

Have you seen this before? 😍

Photographed in Ecuador at Yarina Eco Lodge

Big thanks for Jaime Culebras and Photo Wildlife Tours for organizing this great tour is it a wonderful experience with my good friends Maximilian Benesch and Rafael Steinlesberger
Miss you guys and the fabulous time we had together 🫶

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📸- Sony | Alpha A7RV
🔭- Sony 100mm macro
💥- Godox Global V860iii
⚪️- Brendan 'Cygnus' James 📸🕷🦂🐞 diffuser

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Crowned Katydid (Lirometopum coronatum)Such a cutie 🥰 Photographed in Centro Manú Costa Rica while on tour with Epic Tin...
08/11/2026

Crowned Katydid (Lirometopum coronatum)

Such a cutie 🥰

Photographed in Centro Manú Costa Rica while on tour with Epic Tiny Tales | Macro Photography Rafael Steinlesberger and Maximilian Benesch

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📸- Sony | Alpha A7RV
🔭- Sony 100mm macro + raynox dcr250
💥- Godox Global V860iii
⚪️- Brendan 'Cygnus' James 📸🕷🦂🐞 diffuser

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One of the coolest looking ants I’ve seen! This is Daceton armigerum which I found in Ecuador at Yarina Eco Lodge on one...
06/11/2026

One of the coolest looking ants I’ve seen! This is Daceton armigerum which I found in Ecuador at Yarina Eco Lodge on one of the trails. The jaws, the head shape, the spikes.. this ant is just way too awesome! 😍😍

Photographed while on tour with Jaime Culebras Rafael Steinlesberger and Maximilian Benesch organized by Photo Wildlife Tours

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📸- Sony | Alpha A7RV
🔭- Sony 100mm macro
💥- Godox Global V860iii
⚪️- Brendan 'Cygnus' James 📸🕷🦂🐞 diffuser

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A very rare species here and I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to photograph it! This is the elusive Isthmian ...
02/11/2026

A very rare species here and I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to photograph it! This is the elusive Isthmian Alligator Lizard (Gerrhonotus rhombifer) 🦎

To give you an idea of how rare it is there are only two observations of this species currently on iNaturalist, and very few images exist of living specimens. So you can imagine how excited I am about this sighting right here in my garden!!

What’s even crazier is that this fella just literally dropped out of the sky right next to my wife as she was opening the front gate! Exactly what happened is still a bit unclear and I might never know for sure but there are two possibilities - it happened just as a few swallow tailed kites flew past quite low.

So either the lizard was basking in some palms just overhead and jumped out to escape as the birds flew past (which was my first thought), or perhaps one of the Kites had caught it somewhere nearby and somehow dropped it as it was flying past. The second option seemed more unlikely at first but now looking closely at some of the images I took there is a small red blob on its right side which I thought was a mite at first but it actually looks more like a little drop of coagulated blood when looking closer.

So my final conclusion is that it bit the bird and got itself free, dropped out of the sky just right next to the driveway and stayed there pretty stunned for a while as it had just had a pretty insane adventure! But I’ll never know for sure… All I know is that I love my wife even more now as I wouldn’t have seen it without her! ❤️

Either way it was totally insane and such a privilege to gaze at this beautiful beast as I will likely never get to see another one again! 😍

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📸- Sony | Alpha A7RV
🔭- Sony 100mm macro
💥- Godox Global V860iii + V480
⚪️- Brendan 'Cygnus' James 📸🕷🦂🐞 diffuser + 35cm softbox

🌎🍃 Photographed in Tinamste, Costa Rica 🇨🇷

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Special post for a special occasion - this is my 2000th post on Instagram!I started my account almost 8 years ago to beg...
30/10/2026

Special post for a special occasion - this is my 2000th post on Instagram!

I started my account almost 8 years ago to begin sharing my photography in hopes that I could change people’s perspectives towards all the small misunderstood creatures of our world.

It was wonderful when I started getting a few likes and some lovely feedback (which was already more than I had imagined) so to look back knowing that more than 80,000 people follow my work now is just mind blowing! But those are just numbers, what I really didn’t know when joining Instagram is that I would become part of one of the sweetest communities on this platform. A community of people willing to share, to help and to encourage each other; where I have made countless friends and connections. A community which made me feel valued and appreciated, and a place where I can find endless inspiration thanks to all the other incredible photographers who are constantly pushing boundaries in macro!
So to all of you who are a part of this journey I cannot thank you enough, you have helped to get me here and I truly appreciate every little bit of support you have given me, I wouldn’t be where I am without you! ❤️

With all that said let’s not forget to talk about this image, this is a gorgeous mama Wolf Spider with her babies, a scene I photographed during a tour with Epic Tiny Tales | Macro Photography Rafael Steinlesberger and Maximilian Benesch. I am always super excited to see this kind of behavior and we were lucky to photograph this scene thanks to a lovely lad who was fixing the electricity and found her in an electrical socket. Wolf Spiders belong to the family Lycosidae and they display a high level of parental care compared to many other arthropods, the mother will guard her egg sac and carry it with her for a few weeks until the eggs hatch, at this point the babies will climb onto mums back and remain there for at least a week or two until they are big enough to venture out on their own where they will need to learn to hunt for themselves! Isn’t nature just so amazing?! 🤩

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📸- Sony | Alpha A7RV
🔭- Sony 100mm macro + raynox
💥- Godox Global V860iii
⚪️- Brendan 'Cygnus' James 📸🕷🦂🐞 diffuser

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A stunning weevil I found in Ecuador at Yarina Eco Lodge possibly in the Ambatini tribe but I have no idea what species....
24/10/2026

A stunning weevil I found in Ecuador at Yarina Eco Lodge possibly in the Ambatini tribe but I have no idea what species. It was a very cool scene and I’ve included two different images, one closer and one a bit wider so be sure to swipe to see them.

I just love how he’s rested in that tiny hole just perfectly shaped for it! It’s quite a good defense tactic as he can escape quite easily if a predator approaches from either side of the leaf.

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📸- Sony | Alpha A7RV
🔭- Sony 100mm macro
💥- Godox Global V860iii
⚪️- Brendan 'Cygnus' James 📸🕷🦂🐞 diffuser

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23/10/2026

Spiders are people too!

Made this fun sequence with 5 images as this jumping spider was cleaning its face with its pedipalps.

Since they don’t have eyelids spiders keep their eyes clean by wiping them with their pedipalps using them just like windscreen wipers. Observing Jumping Spiders doing their thing is always so entertaining and adorable! 😍😍

How did I do this? I aligned all the images with photoshop and masked each one so that the background would stay exactly the same, it’s not quite perfect but there was a decent amount of wobble between the shots so I’m happy that it worked out at all.

If you like insects and spiders and all the other cool little critters then be sure to check out my page for some of the coolest biodiversity on earth! 🌎💚

Robber Fly portrait(Asilidae) Found this little fella on the window stuck inside the house, so before releasing it back ...
22/10/2026

Robber Fly portrait
(Asilidae)

Found this little fella on the window stuck inside the house, so before releasing it back outside I took the opportunity and managed to get it onto a leaf for a quick closeup.
With the Sony 100mm macro and the 2x converter I was able to get an extremely close up view of all the little details on its face! They are also commonly known as Assassin Flies as they are incredible predators often catching their prey in the air with impressive speed and accuracy!

I absolutely love this macro setup and the results that can be achieved with it! It takes some practice to get nice steady handheld stacks with it especially when paired with the 2x converter but the quality and resolution you can get are mind blowing and definitely worth it!

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📸- Sony | Alpha A7RV
🔭- Sony 100mm macro + 2x converter
💥- Godox Global V860iii
⚪️- Brendan 'Cygnus' James 📸🕷🦂🐞 diffuser

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The incredible Blue-sided Leaf Frog (Agalychnis annae) 🐸Big thanks to Tavo Serpientes and Naomi Méndez for taking us up ...
21/10/2026

The incredible Blue-sided Leaf Frog
(Agalychnis annae) 🐸

Big thanks to Tavo Serpientes and Naomi Méndez for taking us up in the mountains near San Jose to see this stunning frog!
Another unforgettable night and so happy to have shared the experience with Maximilian Benesch and Rafael Steinlesberger just before we headed out to Ecuador.

Went for a bit of a different style with lighting and edit on this one so I hope you like it!

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📸- Sony | Alpha A7RV
🔭- Sony 100mm macro
💥- Godox Global V860iii
⚪️- Round Softbox Diffuser

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One of my favorite moths to photograph! We found this stunning Bombycidae AKA Dobby Moth while doing a workshop in the O...
20/10/2026

One of my favorite moths to photograph!
We found this stunning Bombycidae AKA Dobby Moth while doing a workshop in the Osa Pensinsula of Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Most likely in the Quentalia or Epia genus.

It was a truly wonderful time with Epic Tiny Tales | Macro Photography Jim de BioSur Rafael Steinlesberger and Maximilian Benesch and we found plenty cool critters while exploring the rainforest there for a few days.

Swipe for the closeups and the full compo! 😉

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📸- Sony | Alpha A7RV
🔭- Sony 100mm macro + 2x teleconverter
💥- Godox Global V860iii
⚪️- Brendan 'Cygnus' James 📸🕷🦂🐞 diffuser

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