Incredible Close-Up Photos Capture The Bugs Living In Your Home In Terrifying Detail
Conservation charity Buglife has identified the ten most common creepy crawlies that live in people’s homes, and published a series of magnified photos that show them in all their terrifying detail.
The scary snaps include a creepy close-up of a house spider, which tops the list, along with the menacing pincers of an earwig which comes in at number three and the amour-like shell of the woodlouse which features at number nine.
The common woodlouse (Mikael Buck/Sony)
The alien-like images were taken by London-based photographer Mikael Buck using an ultra-high resolution Sony α7R II camera combined with a 90mm Macro lens and filter.
The camera’s 42.4-megapixel resolution enables it to capture incredible detail that wouldn’t otherwise be visible to the naked eye.
The European Earwig (Mikael Buck/Sony)
Buglife’s Conservation Campaigns Officer Vanessa Amaral-Rogers said:
“These fascinating creatures are some of the most common species found within our homes over the winter, and some of the most interesting.
“The colder season can be a particularly tough on bugs and insects as they are reliant on the heat of the sun for their daily activity. As a result, it’s not uncommon to see them moving indoors.
“Some can even be found hibernating in the quieter parts of the house like the attic or the porch. For instance, ladybirds can often number in the thousands when they find spaces to hibernate in. These animals represent just a fragment of the amazing diversity that can be found all around us.”
The Seven Spot Ladybird (Mikael Buck/Sony)
The full list of the most common insects in the home looks like this:
1. House spider (Tegenaria species)
2. European earwig (Forficula auricularia)
3. Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
4. Common green lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea)
5. Bluebottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria)
6. Common clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella)
7. Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
8. Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)
9. Common woodlouse (Oniscus asellus)
10. Daddy long-legs spider (Pholcus phalangioides)
Image credit: Mikael Buck/Sony
