![tiny, globular insect in petri dish](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49593062522_f7e81a51a6.jpg)
Have you seen an arthropod like this before? There is no scale bar in the photo, but it’s a tiny organism – maybe about 1 mm long. It was found in a salamander’s gut contents. Check it out from a ventral view:
![3 pairs of legs and mouthparts that are pointy and project anteriorly](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49592820371_9dcb17878e_z.jpg)
This specimen was discovered inside a salamander’s gut, among other arthropods that were, presumably, food – ants, mainly.
UPDATE: Mystery apparently solved! It’s a bloated coniopterygid larva. This is why I wish I had taken a class on larval insects! Thanks ArnoldTortoise, for the ID!
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