As a general rule, anything over life-size is best taken either with a microscope or with a set of bellows with a short focal length lens (the shorter the focal length, the greater the magnification). Specialist macro lenses are available - at a price - or you can use a 'normal' wide angle lens if the bellows allow you to reverse mount the lens. It won't be the same quality as a proper macro lens but it will do the job. With the smaller sensors on digital cameras, though, you'll fill the frame with a subject just a few millimetres across.
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