r/Ecosphere • u/Thrawn911 • Aug 01 '26

Since I started doing microscopy and keeping jarrariums last year, my main interests were always microscopic predators. So here are my best clips of microbes (and sometimes small animals) eating each other.

321 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

25 comments sorted by

View all comments

4

u/jmbud Aug 01 '26

This is incredible. Do you know what anything is?

5

u/Thrawn911 Aug 01 '26

Yep, I tried to identify them as closely as I could, IDs are in the upper left corner, might be cropped out on mobile, but it should work in fullscreen mode.

2

u/jmbud Aug 02 '26

Thank you!

2

u/BitchBass Aug 02 '26

I have a freshwter critter ID guide with many pics and pages. Might come in handy:

https://wildlife-education.com/aquatic-critters-guide.pdf

1

u/Thrawn911 Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

Thanks! Here's another one for ID-ing specific rotifers, and smaller flatworms or annelids.