Originally posted by daacon haha I have a macro lens - but as I look outside today the light flakes of snow are discouraging the bugs from well living ! I will enter something I was more or less refering to the excellent bug and flower macro's I have seen in the forum over the years....
Some bugs do not die in the winter. They find some place to keep themselves from freezing to death while they hibernate. Leave no stone unturned and no storage shed unexplored. Move boxes in sheds, under thick leaves of autumn foliage, rotting tree trunks, etc. Better yet, ask a professor in the etymology department of your local university where you can look for hibernating insects.
The beautiful thing about it is that you will find them in bundles where they are dormant and not going anywhere. You can take your time getting the shot. The bad news is that they are probably not well lit by the sun and that by disturbing their nests, you probably sealed their doom in the next cold spell before spring. They are insects. No one will weep for them.