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Fairyflies are very tiny insects, like most chalcidoid wasps, mostly ranging from 0.5 to 1.0 mm (0.020 to 0.039 in) long. They include the world's smallest known insect, with a body length of only 0.139 mm (0.0055 in), and the smallest known flying insect, only 0.15 mm (0.0059 in) long. They usually have nonmetallic black, brown, or yellow bodies.
Tinkerbella is a genus of fairy wasps, containing the single species Tinkerbella nana from Costa Rica. It is one of the smallest known flying arthropods and belongs to the family Mymaridae . [ 1 ]
The Mymarommatidae, sometimes referred to as false fairy wasps, are a very small family of microscopic parasitic wasps. Only about half of the known species are living taxa (the others are fossils), but they are found worldwide.
The Mymarommatoidea are a very small superfamily of microscopic fairyfly-like parasitic wasps. It contains only a single living family, Mymarommatidae, and three other extinct families known from Cretaceous aged amber. Less than half of all described species are living taxa (the others are fossils), but they are known from all parts of the world.
The fiercely territorial insects, Kimsey said, typically cannot fly in temperatures below 60 degrees and struggle to function in weather exceeding 100 degrees. Warm weather also means wasps could ...
Polynema is a genus of fairyflies or fairy wasps, insects in the family Mymaridae. [2] Species. Polynema includes over 200 species of ...
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Experts have observed wasps trapped by Venus flytraps seem to react less aggressively than they would to a person or animal, never using their stinger. Once the trap is set, the wasp is caught ...