Face your fears: extreme creepy-crawly close-ups – in pictures

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Wildlife photographer Yudy Sauw has captured close-ups of insects revealing their colourful and alien-like faces. In these images the insects have bulging eyes and sharp pincers and appear more grotesque than usual. Yudy photographed the bugs at his home studio in Banten, Indonesia, from 2-10cm away

Mon 21 Jul 2014 04.30 EDT Last modified on Fri 29 Oct 2021 07.56 EDT

• A longhorn beetle. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• The black eyes of a yellow ant make it look lifeless. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• The yellow face of a grasshopper. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• The orange antennae of a brown wasp. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• The eyes of a tiger dragonfly look like a motorcyle helmet. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• The purple and green face of a soldier fly. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• A black ant, looking downtrodden. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• The sky blue eyes of a blue dragonfly. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• A golden ant, with minuscule hairs on its face and body. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• The colourful eyes and face of a dragonfly. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• Face-to-face with a golden ant. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

• A spider fights with an insect. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

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