<img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/NaN%2FPXL_20230825_051632488.MP~2.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=6e2fb598-b413-4a77-ad67-79b88eaa8926"/> Found these little critters living in some lettuce growing in our backyard garden. There were a few dozen floating in the water after washing the leaves for dinner. Any ideas what they are? This is a close up of the main body: <img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/NaN%2FPXL_20230825_050955091.MP.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=e5ea948e-6589-4961-97d5-4383cf03e33c"/> This looks like the tail section: <img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/NaN%2FPXL_20230825_050939912.MP.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=a3c8f65b-ca16-4b03-b311-f5abe7efdfc2"/> This looks like the head: <img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/NaN%2FPXL_20230825_051024483.MP.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=df388e63-708f-43fa-8e84-5077fe9a3cff"/> This is an overview of as much of the critter as I could fit in the frame <img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/NaN%2FPXL_20230825_050235289.MP.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=f3ce8cab-14f1-4e5c-a19c-6a6ddadc816c"/> Excited to share these first pics from my new Foldscope 2.0. Pictures 1,2 are 140X and 3,4 are 50X

What is living in my lettuce?

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