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» John Blatchford - Very small insects.

In my article about Greenhouse Thrips, and my blog entitled 'Very small insects' I talk about how tiny the Fairyflies can be.

There are many things I don't understand about these creatures!

If any reader either knows the answers or has further questions to ask - then please join in this discussion.

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» mousehole - Very small insects.

In response to Very small insects. posted by johnblatchford:
Mr Blatchford in Canada we have a biting insect called no-see-ums... at least that's what the locals call it. They're often accredited with driving large herbivors into a blind panic as they are attracted to the eyes and nose seeking moisture. They appear as tiny black specks, what are they really? I've been bitten by blackflies and mosquitos before and they're quite large compared to these tiny insects. Do no-see-ums really bite, or are the blackflies unfairly tarnishing the no-see-um's reputation?

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» John Blatchford - Very small insects.

In response to Very small insects. posted by mousehole:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-see-ums
they are actually 'biting midges', and YES - they can bite :-)

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» PaFusion - Very small insects.

In response to Very small insects. posted by johnblatchford:

I once saw a horsehair snake as it is sometimes called. I was a young boy at the time and was awe struck. I have never seen one since though I did spend countless hours near the ditches and streams in Utah. I recently began asking others if they had ever seen the mysterious creature and surprisingly a few had. Most thought I was joking until I printed an article from a nature website. I posted a story about it on my blog and have been amazed at the number of searches that have ended there. Nature can be intriguing. I was at home one day watching an unusual number of dragon flies flying around my back yard. I watched as they attacked and ate small white flying insects rising from the lawn. You probably know the name for them. I just called them midges. The dragon flies normally came from below, struck the midge and the wings fluttered to the ground.

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» John Blatchford - Very small insects.

In response to Very small insects. posted by PaFusion:

There are actually over 300 species of these 'horsehair snakes', in a Phylum of their own! (Nematomorpha).
You've got me interested in them again - I might write an article about them very soon. If you can give me the link to your blog article I might be able to include it :-)
I've never seen dragonflies eating anything that small myself - but nature is full of surprises isn't it! All the Best.

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