So I recently stumbled upon (and enjoyed!) this thread and felt inspired. I have yet to observe a lot of very large organisms, yet my time here on iNat has given me more of an appreciation for tiny things. Life is all around us, yet much of it is too small to appreciate at just a passing glance. Pri…

Springtails! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105217456 - yellow! https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142304042 - zebra-striped

The yellow one looks like a teeny cob, so sweet. :yellow_heart: :corn:

What a wonderful topic! My favorite organisms of all time are the adorable, tiny Springtails, so this is perfect for me. They come in all shapes and colors, from the iridescent Lepidocyrtus … [image] to the chubby Neanuridae … [image] to the absolutely darling, round, Sminthurinus . [image] For…

So cute!! I love the tuberculate poduromorphs so much, they look like little gummies or fruits. Second one looks like the fairly cosmopolitan, but unfortunately still undescribed Seira sp. 13. They are absolutely beautiful, a very lucky find.

As an observer I am totally in love with Membracoidea. What an amazing parallel world… they are almost everywhere but also almost always overlooked, despute their amazing colours, patterns, forma and even behaviour (e.g. broodcare)… as they are so often ignored, it’s actually also a group where it i…

Those flies on the beetle are actually parasitoid wasps in superfamily Chalcidoidea

I feel the same way with Cicadellidae. Plethora of colours and patterns that are often overlooked due to their small size.

Yeah, the thing is nobody ids them, at least cicadellids. One major ider from NA and I don’t know anybody else really.

There are a few that I know of, at least who identify mine.

They sing too! https://www.wired.com/2014/09/lustful-leafhoppers-locate-good-vibrations/

Adorably tiny organisms

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