Bluebell Tunicate Ladybug (Amphipod)

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Undescribed (Lysianassidae sp.)

A tiny Ladybug (amphipod), only a few millimetres long, peers out through an opening in a bluebell tunicate, its striking yellow body glowing against the host’s electric blue lattice.

Formally undescribed by science, it revealed itself only when I held the camera over that millimetre-wide opening and waited for it to edge into view.

Lembeh, Indonesia

Tanjung Kubur

Camera settings

Camera: Olympus TG-7
Lighting: Orcatorch D710
Focal length: 15.7mm
Aperture: f/6.3
Shutter: 1/320
ISO: 160

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