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Puzzle Description:
Hardly "Mega", Megaphragma Caribea - also called fairyfly - is the world's smallest wasp. And insect. And animal. Full grown it is 0.1 to 0.17 mm. That's smaller than some single-celled bacteria.
#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on May 21, 2010 [SPOILER]
So cute!#2: Jota (jota) on May 22, 2010
https://evolutionnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fairyfly.jpg
Thanks for a wonderful entry!!!#3: Alicia Dargan (karmageddon) on May 22, 2010 [SPOILER]
That was difficult, but really cool. It took me a while before I realized it was some sort of insect. Very nicely done.#4: Beth (Shasta) on May 22, 2010
very nice image. Where does it live?#5: Byrdie (byrdie) on May 22, 2010 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#6: Kai-Uwe Zickerick (conzick) on May 22, 2010
great puzzle. well done!#7: Craig Smilovitz (crs17) on May 22, 2010
Great puzzle. Where did you find a microscope that output in Paint-by-number puzzles? <-:#8: Susan Duncan (medic25733) on May 23, 2010
Wonderful image and a great solve!#9: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on May 23, 2010 [SPOILER]
Thanks, all.#10: Jane Doe (telly) on May 24, 2010
Beth, it is from Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean, but there are tiny wasps all over the world. A closely related wasp Trichogramma is found basically everywhere.
These tiny wasps lay their (many) eggs *in* other insects' eggs.
Craig, the resolution can go pretty high, but it takes too long to develop those pictures. ;)
excellent puzzle.#11: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on May 24, 2010
Thanks, Telly.#12: Teresa K (fasstar) on May 25, 2010 [SPOILER]
Oh my gosh, what an awesome puzzle! I love the image, and the idea of a fairyfly that is real, and so tiny, that's amazing. Thanks for a very fun puzzle. I like how you incorporated the green to make it solvable.#13: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 6, 2010 [SPOILER]
Thanks, Teresa. I learned about these guys a few years ago. It really is amazing that you can get a fully-functioning higher animal in the space of a large bacterium.#14: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Mar 21, 2014
The green went through several permutations in order to make it so.
That is a great image! It was a fun solve and a very rewarding at the end. Interesting story.#15: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Mar 21, 2014
Thanks, BlackCat.
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