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The smallest known insects are also parasitic wasps: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicopomorpha_echmepterygis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicopomorpha_ech
by Scarblac 2y ago
The smallest known insects are also parasitic wasps: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicopomorpha_echmepterygis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicopomorpha_echmepterygis
They're wild. They're born inside the eggs of barklice, and mate there. Males are ~186 micrometer, smaller than some single celled organisms like amoeba!