While Sir David Attenborough and the Beeb have a wealth of sophisticated equipment to film phenomena like the icy finger of death, other people can film flora and fauna with far less expensive kit.

In his compilation video, Norwegian cameraman Tor Even Mathisen use his Canon 7D and MP-E 65mm macro lens to shoot up-close views of insects. Watch bees, flies, moths, and spiders as they fornicate, masticate, pollinate, and go about their everyday lives.

[via Gizmodo]