Bark Louse
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This little bug really worked the macro feature on my camera as hard as possible. I noticed I had a gnat on my hand after taking some photos down in the grass, and took a picture of it.
Turns out it’s not a gnat at all, but a bark louse. Bark lice are not part of order mallophaga, or chewing lice, which means this little critter was not interested in my hand (or hair) as a food source or nesting site. I think it was just taking a rest. When you’re that small, the world is a very big place!
Jeremiah said,
August 28, 2007 @ 7:35 am
Can you imagine being that tiny? Does it even perceive what is happening to it on such a macro-cosmic level? I mean, your thumb is the size of my living room, compared to it! Are we just bugs riding on a thumb to a destination to get our pictures taken?
Little critters get me philosophical. I shouldn’t try that this early in the morning.