(Also showing you can do macro shots with a wide-angle lens.)

This yellow weevil made me laugh out loud, but that's not really fair; it probably thinks I look ridiculous too:
![](http://www.den-uijl.nl/photography/stored/GeleSnuitkever.jpg)
*Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO400, f5.6, 1/250*

This red poplar leaf beetle was walking up and down a leaf of grass, seemingly surprised each time it couldn't go further up at the top end:
![](http://www.den-uijl.nl/photography/stored/Populierenhaantje.jpg)
*Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO400, f5.6, 1/50*

This forest bug is a sap-feeder, but it will feed on your fruit if you let it:
![](http://www.den-uijl.nl/photography/stored/Roodpootschildwants.jpg)
*Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO200, f8, 1/125*

His cousin, the box bug:
![](http://www.den-uijl.nl/photography/stored/SmalleRandwants.jpg)
*Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO100, f6.3, 1/60*

The increasingly rare large marsh grasshopper. Pretty, as grasshoppers go, but sounds like a dripping tap (or faucet, as some have it):
![](http://www.den-uijl.nl/photography/stored/Moerassprinkhaan.jpg)
*Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f6.3, 1/100*

This nasty looking bug is a scorpionfly. The huge beak is used for eating other insects:
![](http://www.den-uijl.nl/photography/stored/Schorpioenvlieg.jpg)
*Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/80*

This is one of the Chysolinae, probably a dead-nettle leaf beetle. Amazing colours that change depending on the angle of the light:
![](http://www.den-uijl.nl/photography/stored/VeelkleurigGoudhaantje.jpg)
*Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/125*