2006-10-02 07:48:28 · 20 answers · asked by sean a 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Megaphragma caribea from Guadeloupe, measuring out at a huge 0.17 mm long, was probably the smallest known insect in the world.
Dicopomorpha echmepterygis (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). Males of this species are blind and wingless and measure only 139 µm (0.139 mm) in length. This newly described species recently replaced Megaphragma caribea
2006-10-02 08:16:15 · answer #1 · answered by Richard 7 · 69⤊ 0⤋
I would go with richards comments, as the source website seems ok. Forget about eyelash mites, though creepy, mites are arachnids (Arachnida, Acari). They are not insects. Also forget about the plankton, as there is only one or two insects in marine environments. Plenty of Crustacea (crabs, shrimps, etc), and a few arachnids (mites, etc), but very very few insects.
Go with the comment by richard on chalcid wasps. Smallest Adult insects, that is..
2006-10-02 19:32:25 · answer #2 · answered by nnjamerson 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An INSECT I %. up with tissue and flush it! despite if that's a constructive creature like a lizard or gecko I %. it up and placed it decrease back exterior. specially situations little creatures get interior and that they only went the incorrect way so no factor in freaking out. Frogs eat mosquito's, spiders capture them of their webs.
2016-12-12 19:10:14 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fairyflies are insects that parasitize other insects' eggs. 1/5 mm as adults. Skin mites are not insects.
2006-10-02 07:53:50 · answer #4 · answered by loon_mallet_wielder 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the world’s smallest insect, the fairy wasp, a quarter of a millimetre long,
2006-10-02 07:56:59 · answer #5 · answered by walk like a panther 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fairyflies
2006-10-02 07:56:38 · answer #6 · answered by ragingmk 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em
Little fleas have yet smaller fleas, so on, ad infinitum
2006-10-02 08:03:52 · answer #7 · answered by Vinni and beer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure... but it must be some kind of a mite.. or parasite
2006-10-06 03:37:56 · answer #8 · answered by mommakayos 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe mites are
2006-10-02 09:45:13 · answer #9 · answered by the Goddess Angel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dust mite
chigger
bed bugs
2006-10-04 14:20:20 · answer #10 · answered by lizzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would think bed bugs i seen it on national geographic once they are microscropic so my answer is bed bugs..
2006-10-02 07:53:14 · answer #11 · answered by cottoncandie1969 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋