Wow! That camouflage is amazing!
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So, why don’t you add them to iNat?
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I do!
There are now 12 whole observations for Iceland - 11 of which are mine 
I would probably have added more but my equipment is a bit limiting here for mesofauna - I leave my DSLR back in UK.
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Oh, I apologize for my inaccurate judgements, Sir.
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Nice springtails, BTW.
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In fact, I just found it!
Ok just kidding…
You can answer to multiple people in one message by using quotes!
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Yep, in fact I just discovered them some hours ago!
Nice one!
Woah, I think I found it. There’s some sort of insect larva on its cephalothorax!
It might be in the genus Mecaphesa. I found one that looked a lot like yours: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67377832
I realized how little I know about limpet ID when another user pointed out the Lottia paradigitalis among the Lottia digitalis in this observation:
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It was one of the Pond Spreadwings
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/89475 Genus Lestes
The people in the annual Ohio Odonata Survey who know how to ID these damselflies told me that the only way to get a specific ID is to look at the end of their abdomens with a microscope.
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I was observing and photographing the Gum Leaf Skeletoniser Moth caterpillar (Uraba lugens) in the centre of the photo. I somehow managed to miss seeing the looper caterpillar (upper right) which I only noticed when subsequently looking at the photo.
Managed to get a confirmed ID from this one shot: Cyclophora obstataria which, it turned out, was a newly established adventive species in New Zealand (from Australia).
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Another funny combination:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108646341
The grasshopper is safe on the neck of the lizard.
Or does the grasshopper threaten to eat the lizard?
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I just thought it was a picture of an orchid.
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Well to be fair I did crop out a lot of the bee in that photo so the focus would be on the caterpillar. I did an observation for the orchid too of course: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/87560321
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I saw a moth land on a twig and was a bit surprised it didn’t fly away as I photographed it. Later, when looking at it on the computer I realized a spider had grabbed it. Later still, I noticed what was probably a mite on the moth.
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Thought of this thread again when a photo I took for the Lycopodiella /clubmoss later revealed Schizaea pusilla, the Curly Grass Fern! (At left and lower right) I was actually looking for that plant too, so it’s funny it didn’t register in the moment https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109194837
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