Correct. But it also depends on the subject you want to shoot. Some insects, especially non-winged ones like spiders and such, normally do stay put at a certain location, long enuff for you to setup your tripod for the shot. For macro, I believe that positioning and composition is very important. A lot of time is spent on fine tuning your gear to get the composition you want. A slight nudge or lower/raise your tripod legs would sometimes get a you a dramatically altered scene.
For winged insects, like butts and dragonflies, they are generally tougher to shoot, a lot of patience and skill is required to approach them, and usually a tripod is not applicable here, since its rather cumbersome and due to its size more possibility to scare away the insect. Stealth and careful movement is the key here. You cannot begin to imagine the amount of sweat, cursing, strained muscles and cramped neck just to get near to these flighty insects. :sweatsm: And not yet even get the shot! But when you get the shot you want the satisfaction is really great.
