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<\/a><\/p>\nYou read that right, some species will actually head underwater where they can use their wings like paddles. These impressive little creatures can stay submerged for up to 15 days. It is underwater that all of the mating and egg laying will take place, so basically some very important life functions happen in the water. These are definitely not your typical wasps. When it is time to dry off and head for lunch the Fairy Fly will simply walk up a stick or a plant that is emerging from the water. Once they dry off, they will be good to go and ransack some more insect eggs.<\/p>\n
Well that does it for another incredibly small Wild Fact. Tune in tomorrow to see if we can find a bigger animal. Enjoy the rest of your day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It seems that yesterday’s trend of incredibly tiny animals will continue today. This wasn’t intentional but I really wanted to talk about one of the smallest insects out there. I am sure you have gathered by the title that I am talking about Fairy Flies. We are going to stay with the general term “Fairy Flies” but please note that there are more than 1400 species of Fairy Flies, so you can imagine that not all characteristics will be equal across the board. Enough chit chat though, let’s start learning about this interesting little wasp. That’s right, the Fairy Fly <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,4024],"tags":[348,2055,2054,2057,2058,4025,2056],"yoast_head":"\n
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