close up photos with more critters

All of these I found in my backyard at night. So what I have to do is catch them by cupping them in a jar and bringing them inside to photograph them. This way I can photograph them right away and release them as soon as possible, right where I found them. Like I explained under the equipment and Info, for bees and wasps I use a special container I made, they cannot escape but the challenge is either waiting or coaxing it to land in the right area. I know most people use honey or sugar water placed on a leaf and I do use this technique also but, it doesn't work with all of them and you usually can see them eating it and I like them with their head up. The photo with this Blue dauber mud wasp was looking at my front lens element or should I say rear as it is a reversed 50mm prime lens and as I was looking through the viewfinder I could see it turning it's head looking around like it was confused as my flash went off. I read that these wasps will not sting you unless they really have too, because they use their venom to paralyze their pray, dig a hole in the ground and lay eggs so the larva can feed off the prey.With the yellow jacket I did use sugar water on a leaf but after about an hour it finally landed on the leaf and I was able to get a shot before it started eating the sugar water, which you could see on it's jaws, so I did not use those photos. I guess I could have tried honey but, it still had it's head down to far and I like composing the shot at it's level, I think it makes it look more realistic like it could almost just reach out and touch you! The potato beetle actually did have it's head down when I tried coaxing it as you can see it has it's antennae tucked under and back and it stayed like this for a few minutes, long enough for a shot. I think it still works and looks pretty interesting. Now the Robber fly I also found at night which is odd, it was sitting on some rope out in the backyard, so I easily cupped it in a jar, this little guy was very frustrating as it would not land on the leaf I had, so after 45 minutes I took out the leaf and placed a twig in there and it finally landed on that, and after I was able to let it go a couple of hours later, exactly in the same spot on the rope.