Can’t resist — Nobugs gave us plenty to go on!
A first instar is 1 mm long.
Have a trusty ruler? I remember drawing a 1 mm line dot on a small post-it and carrying it around for a few days.
The thickness of a credit card. Roughly 1/32 of an inch.
That is what we’re talking about…
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