Frank Ashwood@frankashwood.bsky.social |
Why I love soil ecology - where else on Earth would you find something so bizarre as this? Ptyctimous mites like this are the ultimate tanks of the mite world, capable of retracting their legs back into their heavily-armoured body, so there's nothing exposed for predators to nibble! 🧪
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