And with the aim of raising awareness of these tiny inhabitants of our world, the importance of which is often unknown to most of us, it does not show them as isolated elements of these ecosystems, but as companions of those other living beings that are much better known.

In order to facilitate the treatment and comprehensibility of the subjects dealt with, the book is divided into twelve chapters, each of which is devoted to a specific environment. The protagonists of each of the ten chapters are therefore different, since the ecological conditions prevailing in the different ecosystems have favoured the evolution of unique and specialised forms of life.

The speed at which potter wasps vibrate tiny balls of clay to build the marvellous structures in which they lay their eggs and develop their offspring, the speed with which spiders thrust their terrible chelicerae into the unfortunate prey that fall into their silken traps, or even the beauty of water droplets scattering from the feathers of birds after a refreshing bath, escape our ability to perceive them. They happen too fast.

In the same way, although for totally opposite reasons, the appearance of colourful mushrooms in the woods in autumn, the growth and movement of plants, both their flowers and their roots, or the formation of beautiful salt crystals, also escape our capacity for visual perception because of the slowness (in some cases extreme) at which they happen.

These are all very different rhythms to those we are used to observing.

In many cases, being able to observe these phenomena is not only a discovery, but also a real aesthetic pleasure.

And only by means of special image capturing techniques can we enjoy them.