My adventures in the Micro World

[backyardexpeditions]

I have been filmed some interesting insects and other small invertebrates over the years and will share some of those here.


This first video doesn't have to do with any Arthropods (well I did film a little jumping spider on a rock in the middle of a river, and a passing insect) but instead with a tiny and very rare mollusk. The Zion Snail. These guys are so small they look like sand grains, and are highly range restricted. They live on water seeps where water flows out of the rock. I hope you enjoy, even though they aren't Insects (I have a really neat video on ants coming up pretty soon)

 

[backyardexpeditions]

This was really neat. I was up in a wildflower meadow, and found something I had only seen in nature documentaries, ants guarding a sucking insect that make honeydew. Maybe someone here can give some identification on these two species.

[backyardexpeditions]

With Winter coming down in my neck of the woods, there will be a lack of insects for the next couple of months. I luckily came across some of the big green insects that roam my area, which I always seem to find this time of year, as they lay their eggs before winter. Hope you enjoy. I will probably not have much more insect content until next spring.

[nomad]

Well filmed video.   Thank you for sharing it here.