It’s a great photo, but the second-place jumping spider is my favorite: it is just so adorable.
https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2026-photomicrogra...
It’s a great photo, but the second-place jumping spider is my favorite: it is just so adorable.
https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2026-photomicrogra...
Yeesh that is creepy.
I will never moan again about having pollen in my eyes during hayfever season.
The parasitoid wasp doing its little dance move [1] gave me a chuckle.
[1] https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2026-photomicrogra...
This pic reminds me of the Children of Time series of novels
Portia!
Holy moly, I love it
It is! What are the little balls, are they pollen?
Yes, the title of the photo is “Jumping spider (Salticus scenicus) with pollen”
Hah, ok, totally missed that, thank you. But it seemed an obvious candidate, they reminded me of those clingy balls that come off some plants so I figured they must be something like that.
Another class of biological thing that look broadly similar under magnification are fern spores. I guess moss spores too but I haven't seen those.