I took some pictures of leaf galls recently, and while reviewing them saw that this one included a couple of globular springtails. In my mind, the larger of the 2 facing the gall is saying “Behold! The Great Gall!”, while the smaller may be rolling its eyes…
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Yes, except that the one black flower at the center of the head is not a separate observation; it is a characteristic of Queen Anne’s Lace.
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It looked like someone underneath.
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I found a lot of extra things hiding in this photo.
I meant to take a photo of the sea cucumber in the center but noticed several other creatures afterward.
First, there is a scaleworm hiding beneath the sea cucumber. Fortunately, I noticed that when I took the photo, and got another picture of it. Not a super good one though.
Most of the creatures in the photo I didn’t notice until much later.
A barred shrimp.
A brittle star.
And some bryozoans.
There’s also a few tubeworms, and a probably unidentifiable slug like thing above the sea cucumber.
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Banded Longhorn Beetle
July 4,2021, just went RG… and so I’ve just now seen the little guy on the left… in all 3photos
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There’s now a project for some of these: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/invisible-insects
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I didn’t notice the little pseudoscorpion hitchhikers when I recently photographed this beetle.
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Yesterday when reviewing photos, I found what appears to be a mystery creature on the abdomen of this knobbled orbweaver (Socca pustulosa). Any ideas?
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This photo of a Erthesina acuminata has a red mite on it’s shell and a fly on the bottom of the leaf!
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Thrips (Thysanoptera) maybe?
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I can see three more even :P
10 insects in total (not counting the “teddy bear” which is part of the plant, and assuming I haven’t missed some too), classic “find the hidden objects” picture. Haha
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Link me to it and I’ll help with the bee flies
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@egordon88 - here is the link https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/245207407
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