He collected the dead bugs from his cars bonnet and ran them under a scanning electron microscope.

The speed is important, Stegersays.

The right speed is about 70 km/h.

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Flies that get hit by a car at that speed look like fallen angels in the electron microscope.

His book features photographs of over 100 squashed insects.

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