As the sun sets, hordes of tiny crustaceans called beach hoppers – also known as sand hoppers – emerge from underground burrows to frolic and feast. They eat so much decaying seaweed and other beach wrack that by morning all that’s left are ghostly outlines in the sand.
They might look like harmless grasshoppers, but locusts have an appetite for destruction.
A kissing bug gorges on your blood, plus it may carry a potentially deadly parasite.
Skeleton shrimp anatomy can be confusing, with their funky assortment of body parts.
