in other news, found bristly millipedes (Polyxenida) and snout mites (Bdellidae) on my building's garden wall and was, unfortunately, very weird about it just as neighbours were coming home

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Bdellidae #Myriapoda #Diplopoda #Polyxenida #millipedes

#InverteFest humblebrag: looked under a chip of rock and saw two tiny yellow-beige dots that in shape reminded me of aphid fundatrices (though much tinier). Hit 'em with the 24x macro clip-on and discovered they were tiny baby bristle millipedes (order Polyxenida)!!!

(For non-crappy photos so you can see what they really look like up close: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102499758)

:inaturalist: https://inaturalist.ca/observations/156641906

#ArthroBeauty #Arthropoda #Myriapoda #Polyxenida #millipedes #macro