Bug photographer draws fire for doping his tiny subjects

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on a photo of an ant with mites he shared on the platform Photocrowd.James, who last Thursday won the Buglife Bug Photography Awards’ Bug Photographer of the Year award, quickly came under fire from various bug photographers who called the technique immoral, and compared it to drugging mammals, PetaPixel reported.“Please stop giving credit and awards to photographers who are using highly unethical practices to obtain their images,” one amateur wildlife photographer from Scotland demanded on an Instagram post by the Bug Awards.“Can we imagine someone submitting a photo of a drugged tiger,” another photographer commented on the post. “Obviously not, so why’s it ok here?”The ethical question over whether or not it’s acceptable to drug bugs has.