Its actually quite a good shot Sheila, could be shot a bit closer though... yeah... the closer, the more detail... but also shallower dof... To avoid having a pic in which the focus is slightly wrong take a bunch of pics. If youre not sure wether your dof will turn out allright, focus slightly in front of the subject. The distance of dof from the focus point is slightly bigger behind the focus point than that before it. Also, the bigger the subject, the wider dof you need. So that means less zoom or bigger distance on big insects. Otherwise youll have to go for a detail-shot in which not all of the bug is in focus. Jeroen