Do you ever think about the tiny ones and how they navigate their world? You know, our friends that include insects, arthropods, and others?
This small beetle started me looking with their view in mind of our ground dwelling friends. The best I could do for ID was a Ground Beetle (Carabidae). However I’m sure they know their name. 😉
Over the blades of grass they went. Not always gracefully either. 😉
A millipede (Aniulus) seemed to not be as clumsy as the beetle. Maybe ’cause they have more legs? 😉
Looking up seemed like a very long way up under the Greeneyes (Berlandiera betonicifolia)!
A very tiny Globular Springtail (Symphypleona). My estimate for their size was about two millimeters. Like all springtails they have a forked appendage called a furca (which can be seen in my photo as a knobby sticking forward under the body). And yes they just made a pile of frass. Here’s a cool video about Globular Springtails!
Bet you have never looked up from under a ragweed. 🙂
Or what about a Western Ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii)?
Imagine how the ants effortlessly climb over their terrain. Well it looks effortlessly to me. LOL.
And when I look up, I think this is really tall. Yet all these small friends do the climb, crawl, or spring every day both small and large plants!
The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
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I have wondered what the world looks like from tiny critters perspectives. Thanks for showing us😄. Did you stand on your head? The springtail is awesome.
I have wondered what the world looks like from tiny critters perspectives. Thanks for showing us😄. Did you stand on your head? The springtail is awesome.
Of course I did. 😉
I love this post. Life in the prairie understory…
Thanks!
Oh the worm’s-eye view is so compelling. Fun to imagine what it would be like to be so small and navigate through all that vegetation.
And we (humans) think we have it tough. LOL.
What a great view from the soil! Also, really nice springtail picture. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one so well.
It may have been my first photo of one. 😊