Above is an adult wasp (A), to scale with single-celled organisms – Paramecium (B) and an Amoeba (C). The white bar at the bottom represents 200 micrometers (1/5 of a millimeter).

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1. myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 19:45:53 JST myrmepropagandist

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   @Gurre

   OMG it's smaller than an amoeba!

   I'm screaming!!

   They lay their eggs inside of the eggs of 1-2mm long crop pests.

   And... read the article to see what the males are like... they are even smaller somehow, but it's ... disturbing.

   https://blogs.dal.ca/openthink/a-tiny-wasps-big-brain-survival-strategy/

   Photo by Alexey Polilov, 2012