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15 Microscopic Critters Hiding Among Us

Here are some microscopic beasts that live on your face.

By Neill Lynskey

Published 1 month ago in Funny

Beneath our world is another, slightly terrifying one accessible only by microscope.


Most of us learned about single-celled organisms and other ultra-tiny creatures in science class, but the world of microscopic wildlife is vast. There are mites that live on cheese, tiny creatures that spend their entire lives living on our faces, and pond life that can reproduce entire organs at will.


Go down into the micro-verse and check out the cool and creepy things we probably step on every day. 

  • 1

    Demodex

    Microscope mites that live on your face.

    Demodex

  • 2

    Vorticella

    Microscopic aquatic creatures that use a long and slender stalk to attach itself to objects in the water.

    Vorticella

  • 3

    Euglena

    Tiny creatures are actually a type of algae that live in freshwater. They have an eye-like structure that helps them detect light.

    Euglena

  • 4

    Glossriella

    A microscopic phytoplankton.

    Glossriella

  • 5

    Gastrotrichs

    Microscopic organisms that glide around using minute spines, giving them their name hairy-backs, or hairybellies.

    Gastrotrichs

  • 6

    Spinoloricus cinziae

    Spinoloricus cinziae

  • 7

    Pliciloricidae

    Pliciloricidae

  • 8

    Acari

    A type of microscopic arachnid.

    Acari

  • 9

    Nematoda

    A free-living transparent nematode about 1 mm in length that lives in temperate soil environments.

    Nematoda

  • 10

    Diatoms

    Tiny single-celled algae that live in freshwater and saltwater that produce forty-percent of the oxygen we breath.

    Diatoms

  • 11

    Tardigrade

    They were first discovered by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773, who called them water bears.

    Tardigrade

  • 12

    Rotifera

    A type of rotifer only found in the leaves of Sarracenia purpurea.

    Rotifera

  • 13

    Citrus Yellow Mite

    A microscopic arachnid mite.

    Citrus Yellow Mite

  • 14

    Cheese Mites

    Mites that live on cheeses such as Milbenkäse, Cantal and Mimolette, and contribute to the flavor and texture.

    Cheese Mites

  • 15

    Polychaetes

    Commonly called bristle worms, they are mainly found in the marine environment, from shallow waters down to the depths of deep-sea trenches.

    Polychaetes

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