• Question: what is the tiniest bug ever ?

    Asked by to Kate on 17 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Kate Salmon answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Hi @pinkster- the tinniest bug in the whole wide world is called the fairy fly which is actually some kind of tropical wasp. They originated ~100 million years ago and they are 0.139mm long!

      Some of the plankton I look at are also very tiny with the smallest one I see around 0.063 mm long!

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