Hey all - I borrowed this idea from Russell @pfau_tarleton - he uses a similar tag to keep track of all the tiny beetles he finds at lights and such. I discussed this with him awhile back, and he didn't seem to object to me stealing his idea for a project - so here it is! I thought it would be cool to share and see all the tiny things people have observed.
Please feel free to add your own observations to this project, at your leisure. I chose "under 4mm" as a cutoff point since I think it will include a lot of interesting species that are still pretty small - but it's an honor-system sort of project, since exact measurements in the field can be difficult.
I'm tagging a few local TX folks here who shoot a lot of tiny critters - feel free to add anyone else who you think may be interested in this project :)
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Hey all - I borrowed this idea from Russell @pfau_tarleton - he uses a similar tag to keep track of all the tiny beetles he finds at lights and such. I discussed this with him awhile back, and he didn't seem to object to me stealing his idea for a project - so here it is! I thought it would be cool to share and see all the tiny things people have observed.
Please feel free to add your own observations to this project, at your leisure. I chose "under 4mm" as a cutoff point since I think it will include a lot of interesting species that are still pretty small - but it's an honor-system sort of project, since exact measurements in the field can be difficult.
I'm tagging a few local TX folks here who shoot a lot of tiny critters - feel free to add anyone else who you think may be interested in this project :)
@victorengel @dusty_in_vilas-tx @cmeckerman @hydaticus @ecarpe @franpfer
Hope y'all don't mind the tag - thanks for sharing, and I hope to see your tiny beetles!
Project Link: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/tiny-beetles
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Tiny Beetles!
