#10 100 Tiny Beautiful Things
Notonectidae, or Backswimmers as most folks know them, are water bugs. They’re wee - they reach a maximum length of 1.5cm but they’re fierce predators, often fighting above their weight class. Though their regular diet is tadpoles, they’ll even attack and defeat small fish. They live in still or very slow-moving water (ponds and marshes).
Cool fact - they swim and fly, but... Whereas they fly upright, they swim on their backs (hence “Backswimmers”). See his long legs? That’s how he paddles and he can swim very fast.
Because he is so beautifully marked and because he kept me entertained for so long, this Backswimmer is my one tiny beautiful thing today.
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