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Tuesday, 7 June 2016

Kikiki Huna (A genus of fairyfly, know from Hawaii, Costa Rica, and Trinidad world smallest insect)

      Kikiki Huna (A genus of fairyfly, know from Hawaii, Costa Rica, and Trinidad world smallest insect)


Recently when the entomologists laid insect traps in Yercaud district in Tamil Nadu, they did not expect that India would join the elite club of countries that are home to a unique insect. They were pleasantly surprised to find the world’s smallest flying insect, a fairyfly that goes by the name Kikiki huna.

Lets  know who is  Kikiki huna:-
Kikiki huna is a multicellular organism ( genus of fairy-fly wasps)that is smaller than single-celled organisms. Kikiki huna, known from Hawaii, Costa Rica, and Trinidad. At 0.15-0.16 mm (0.0059 in) (150 micrometers), it is the smallest known flying insect.It is a close relative of wasps in the genus Tinkerbella.

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