#sandflea

[bug-skin]

Careful where you put your beach towel, don't squish this sand flea she's just minding her business

[ashen-vulture]

Favorite beach memory

I'm at the beach catching mudbugs/sandfleas/molecrabs and a brother and sister duo, probably about 4 and 6 years old, run up. I hear the girl shout "MAMA SHE CAUGHT A BUG!!!"

And I, delighted, respond "Yeah!!? Wanna see it?!?"

The girl then proceeds to shriek like someone lit her toes on fire, and move in closer to see it before shrieking again and running away, brother in tow, to go tell her mom.

Like, I get you little girl. I, too, am often overwhelmed by the freaky awesomeness that is our distant exoskeletal cousins on this vast tree of life. The fact that her instincts were:

Scream in terror

Move closer to thing I am screaming about to get a better look

Run away to immediately inform protective figure about her thrilling experience

Keep that energy girl, don't let instinctive terror get in the way of curiosity, but also don't let someone talk you into a situation where you can't appraise the danger level.

[5bluetriangles]

Found a sand flea today!

[thearth-stories]

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Sand flea, also called sand hopper, beach flea, or beach hopper. Despite their common name, sand fleas are not actually fleas. In fact, they aren't even insects. Sand fleas are very small crustaceans, in the Amphipod order. Sand fleas jump like fleas and are difficult to capture which may be how they got their common name, not because they actually bite people. 🎥 Christianluh #sand #flea #sandflea #sandfleas #sandfleafly #fleabag #flea #fleabass #sandhopper #sandhoppers #beachflea #beachhopper #thearthstories #nature_wizards #nature_photo #naturephotography #natureaddict #naturegeography #wildlifeaddicts #exploreeverything #exploretheworld #exploretheglobe #sandfleasalert #earth_shotz #naturebeauty https://www.instagram.com/reel/CR066GcD8kU/?utm_medium=tumblr

[sincerelysirena-blog]

I didn’t choose this life, it chose me. #Sandflea https://www.instagram.com/p/BnxpZQ2Hzl5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bf74ph35rpe4

[tomkiernan]

#swipeleft for #3steps to the #neekodasneekopooch #dubbingloop #sandflea, ha! #dog, #fluff, #fly!😂👍#igetbywithalittlehelpfrommyfriends #flytying #doghair #saturdayswithoutchildren #imayhaveaproblem 😜

[mawsicle]

Me and a friend went to the #beach today in #newport. These guys must have been breeding because they were EVERYWHERE, you could feel the under your feet in some places. #sandflea

[builttospill]

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