Cropping = Telescope?

The image of which this is but a small fraction appeared a few days ago.  I cropped it even further, mostly as a test of just how much cropping I could get away with when I have a 24MP sensor.  Evidently quite a bit!  I love the details in the Dandelion head that's gone to seed.  In fact, several times this past week I have come in close to a flower to photograph a bee or grasshopper and only when I opened the image on my computer screen did I see other bugs.  I don't have a high-quality telephoto lens, so it's nice to have a tool that can see better than I can.  More tiny discoveries await.