Neither beach nor tree

Looking for something to post this week, I came across this little fellow from earlier this year. It fits in with the bands of colour theme that emerged in recent posts, I think. :) It's fascinating that a moth could evolve such vivid colours, especially given that this particular one decided to camouflage himself against a flat black post.

Apologies in advance to Ivan or whoever else might complain "not another bloody bug picture!" :D

I'm coming to suck your blood!

And now for something completely different. Maybe this doesn't count as photography since I took this image with electrons instead of photons. Nonetheless I found it pleasing and so I now post it here to share. It's a dog tick (aka woods tick), one of many I've found this year in the forest behind my house this spring. Or, rather, one of many that have found me and the dogs. I removed the scale bar (I found it distracting) but to give you an idea, its legs are around 0.2mm thick.

Any cropping suggestions?