Monday, July 2, 2012

Fly decapitates ants, lives in their heads

Fly decapitates ants, lives in their heads:
A reconstruction of the tiny phorid fly Euryplatea nanaknihali (below), with its body size compared with a house fly (Musca domestica). This family of flies is known for laying eggs in living ants.A new fly discovered in Thailand is the world's smallest. It is five times smaller than a fruit fly and tinier than a grain of salt (0.4 millimeters) in length — half the size of the smallest "no see-ums." It probably also feeds on tiny ants, likely decapitating them and using their head casings as its home.





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