fairy wasp
fairyfly , auch: fairy fly

Fairy wasp, in the family Mymaridae, parasitizes the eggs of the lygus bug.

The smallest insect is a wasp called a fairy wasp that is only 0.2mm long.

Fairy wasps are so small that they can lay their eggs inside those of water beetles - and can even mate while inside them.

Tinkerbella is a genus of fairy wasps, containing the single species T. nana from Costa Rica.

The Mymaridae, commonly known as fairyflies or fairy wasps, are a family of chalcid wasps found in temperate and tropical regions throughout the world.

Officials are trying to destroy the sharpshooter eggs by spraying citrus trees with insecticides, and a plan to introduce an insect called the fairy wasp, which destroys the eggs, into infected areas, is being considered.

While it's not the smallest insect (that title belongs a species of fairy wasp, coming in at 0.14 millimeters in length, about the size of a human egg cell), it is the world's smallest fly.

John Huber, from Natural Resources Canada, was the lead author of A New Genus And Species of Fairyfly, Tinkerbella Nana published in the Journal of Hymenoptera Research.