Sunday, May 8, 2011

Which is the smallest insect?

The fairyfly. It is only about 1/100 of an inch (0.25 mm) long and is nearly invisible to the naked eye. In fact, the fairyfly is so tiny, it can fit through the eye of a small needle! Nearly 150 million of its eggs together weigh only 1 ounce (58 g).

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