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  1. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ ICYMI: πŸ”¬πŸŒΈ Japanese #nature photographer Pendora (ぺんどら) captures tiny globular #springtails measuring around 0.3 mm in length.

    These wetland micro-arthropods display face-to-face courtship interactions and use a spring-loaded tail organ called a furcula to execute high-speed jumps that look like #teleportation.

    πŸ‘‰ Learn more: seethis.tv/post/odoriko-tobimu

    #animals #arthropods #biology #cute #hexapod #macro #mating #microscopy #physics #science #wetlands #insects #macrophotography #japan #microbiology #wildlife #entomology #photography #zoology #tksst #video

  2. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ ICYMI: πŸ”¬πŸŒΈ Japanese #nature photographer Pendora (ぺんどら) captures tiny globular #springtails measuring around 0.3 mm in length.

    These wetland micro-arthropods display face-to-face courtship interactions and use a spring-loaded tail organ called a furcula to execute high-speed jumps that look like #teleportation.

    πŸ‘‰ Learn more: seethis.tv/post/odoriko-tobimu

    #animals #arthropods #biology #cute #hexapod #macro #mating #microscopy #physics #science #wetlands #insects #macrophotography #japan #microbiology #wildlife #entomology #photography #zoology #tksst #video

  3. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ ICYMI: πŸ”¬πŸŒΈ Japanese #nature photographer Pendora (ぺんどら) captures tiny globular #springtails measuring around 0.3 mm in length.

    These wetland micro-arthropods display face-to-face courtship interactions and use a spring-loaded tail organ called a furcula to execute high-speed jumps that look like #teleportation.

    πŸ‘‰ Learn more: seethis.tv/post/odoriko-tobimu

    #animals #arthropods #biology #cute #hexapod #macro #mating #microscopy #physics #science #wetlands #insects #macrophotography #japan #microbiology #wildlife #entomology #photography #zoology #tksst #video

  4. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ NEW: πŸ”¬πŸŒΈ Japanese #nature photographer Pendora (ぺんどら) captures tiny globular #springtails measuring around 0.3 mm in length.

    These wetland micro-arthropods display face-to-face courtship interactions and use a spring-loaded tail organ called a furcula to execute high-speed jumps that look like #teleportation.

    πŸ‘‰ Learn more: seethis.tv/post/odoriko-tobimu

    #animals #arthropods #biology #cute #hexapod #macro #mating #microscopy #physics #science #wetlands #insects #macrophotography #japan #microbiology #wildlife #entomology #photography #zoology #tksst #video

  5. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ TIL: πŸ›©οΈπŸͺ° Male #dragonflies engage in aerial dogfights to defend territory, using simple visual rules like fighter pilots.

    Researchers in the #UK used stereoscopic cameras to reconstruct 3D flight paths of the scarlet Trithemis aurora dragonfly. The #insects pull up to 6 Gs and compete for tail chase positioning rather than intercepting like they do with prey.

    πŸ‘‰ arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

    #flight #biomechanics #animals #science #nature #biomimicry #drones #research #royalsociety #arthropods

  6. Did somebody say isopod? I saw this cute little bugger a couple days ago. I really like how this one turned out despite the tail being out of focus. It's a Little Sea Pill Woodlouse.

    #Arthropods #Isopoda #Cubaris #murina

  7. Apologies for the poor pictures, but here's a little bee-mimicking robber fly, after and before catching a tiny bee for dinner. I followed this wily hunter around for quite a while, and he wasn't pleased with my interference so he didn't let me get very close.

  8. Presenting: THE #CAMBRIANSMACKDOWN! A silly Tumblr style bracket. I will create a series of polls to determine which screwy looking Cambrian era critter is perceived as the coolest on Mastodon!
    Polls will start at 7 days long.
    Depending on how well-received this is, the polls may shorten in length.
    Polls coming soon. Enjoy. This thread will be for bracket updates rather than the polls.
    #Anomalocaris #Yohoia #Amplectobelua #Skania #Stanleycaris #Siberion #Ramskoeldia #Wiwaxia #Kylinxia #Marrella #Balhuticaris #Megadictyon #Leanchoilia #Jianshanopodia #Jianfengia #Hurdia #Hallucigenia #Aegirocassis #Cambroraster #Fortiforceps #Alalcomenaeus #Haikoucaris #Erratus #Surusicaris #Fengzhengia #Isoxys #Paradoxides #Titanokorys #Utaurora #Canadaspis #Tuzoia #Opabinia #Cambrian #Arthropod #Arthropods #Animal #Fossil #Fossils #Poll #Polls #Bracket #Tournament

  9. A tiny "gnat ogre" (a kind of robber fly) perches on the tip of a twig while waiting for dinner (a gnat, or similar-sized insect) to fly by. While he waits, an even tinier red mite snacks on HIM.