Tiny Little Life

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

7:00 AM is a little early for me to wake up when I’m on vacation, but this red-spotted newt knocked the grogginess right out of me.

This animal seems poorly camouflaged, so I can only imagine that it tastes terrible… even though it looks like it’s made of gummy bear candy.

The droplets of water on its […]

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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

This is the larvae of an Elm Sawfly, the largest sawfly in the world… not that large considering that this guy was the size of a Bic pen cap.

I’m not sure if the black dots are actually the eyes, and I’m not sure if the stubby feet on the bottom are actually functional feet.

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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

This crane fly spent the morning on the side of my tent.

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