Sometimes it's hard to grasp just how small some beetles are. This minute feather-winged beetle on the right was an insignificant speck in an alcohol vial that contained about 50 small beetles I was saving in case Don Chandler wanted them. Next to it, right to left, are two tiny corylophid beetles, Orthoperus scutellaris (0.95 - 1.0 mm) and Clypastraea lunata (1.4 mm). All are in tucked position so they may appear of different relative lengths. Their mass/volume differences are incredible.