Ee, creepy! Looks like it could bite your head off if it really wanted to.

Well I think that's a great shot! Very cool.

All I can think of is "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"

Oh, I'm old, it's actually not a bad shot of an ant. They're indeed hard to photograph. It is a good picture of the face though.

As always, such beautiful photos. I love how you can see each tiny hair on its antennae.

That's a nice close up of it's mandibles.

What causes that noise anyway? I get it when I try to take macro pics with my point and shoot camera.

Typically it's caused by the ISO (sensitivity) setting. If you don't have enough light, you need to increase the ISO, typically, to allow for the exposure to come out properly.

Higher ISO values tend to generate more noise.

Brightening a dark image (such as in this case) can reveal noise that you may not have noticed before. In this photo I forgot that I had the camera set to JPEG instead of RAW format. Typically I can do better touching up a photo from RAW than JPEG and I would get less noise.

It also varies from sensor to sensor. My last camera was a Panasonic DMC-FZ7 and it typically was more noisy than my current camera.

Eeeeeh.
I've never been bothered by ants before, but now seeing this one so close up, it kinda squicks me.

They can be a little disconcerting up close. Sorry about that. :P

It's cool to see though,
and affirms my next camera purchase.

I've had a few cheap ones, now I want an EOS.

It's a world of difference. :) I'm really wanting to get the new 500d.

Very nice picture. Which lens do you use? 100mm/2.8?

Do you use any extension tubes? (the magnification is quite big)

Yes the f/2.8 100mm macro from canon. No tubes, it's just 1:1.

Simply amazing detail on such a small insect.

Thanks :)