A selection of garden bugs (insects and invertebrates) seen in our garden and the surrounding area during 2008

More damselfy pictures are in their own album.

Most of the photographs were taken with the Canon EOS 400D with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens. For some shots I have used extension tubes or added the Kenko Teleplus 1.4x Pro 300 DG teleconverter (which gives me slightly greater working distance). The butterflies are sometimes taken with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens, with extension tubes. For some of the shots I used the Sigma EM-140 DG ring flash.