Macrophotography as tool for taxonomic identification and conservation of insects in Colombia

Insects are the most important, diverse and successful group of land animals on the planet (Rosas-Echeverria, 2015). They include a wide variety of species whose intense colors, detailed patterns, body shapes and wing structure, make them particularly interesting for amateur photographers, photography and scientific illustrations (McCullough, Worthington and Paradise, 2013; Roaux, 2015). With latest technological advances, macro photography should be understood as a specialized photographic technique that allows us to observe details beyond the capacity of the naked eye (Savazzi 2011). Thus achieving images of very small objects through special lenses, with which you can achieve full-size images (Cosentino 2013; Gajski et al. 2016), reaching a magnification between 1.0 and 50 times (Harcourt, 2000). In addition to delivering details that are imperceptible to simple view (Rivas V et al. 2017).