The little things by Siwa

Boerhavia (Boerhavia coccinea) flowers, this plant grows in disturbed areas and can be found along roadsides. The plant has tiny, green teardrop shaped seed pods that stick to anything that brushes against them. The Latin word coccinea means scarlet- referring to the color of the flowers.  This cluster of flowers, from left to right, is about the length of a grain of rice.

On some beaches, there are large patches of a greenish brown sand. This close up shows all the tiny olivine crystals that give the sand its green color. Olivine is a common semiprecious mineral found in lava rocks.  Peridot and Chrysolite are the names of the more precious forms of olivine. This sand is a result of lava rocks eroding.

Creeping Indigo, related to the Indigo-where the dye comes from.

Some tiny shells I found on the tide line-shown in a brown purse shell (Isognomon perna).

Water droplets on a taro ( Colocasia esculenta) leaf.

An unknown crab larva on a reef. There is a tiny pink shell in the top center of the picture and a green and purple striped sea urchin spine to the right of the crab.

A jumping spider hiding in a rose.

A white, camouflage crab hiding in the sand.