This is a 12 stack shot of the milkweed plant. using a macro lens but from the nearest leaf tip to the part of the background in focus it is about 10-12 inches. I did get some out of focus spots and ghost edges due to wind movement.
But the insect in question just happened to be still at the instant the frame with that part of the plant in focus was snapped.
5DIV, Canon 100 macro, with tripod.

I had started to cut out all the dead stuff from past bloom cycles but I rather like the contrast in textures, colors and the new life vs the dead past.