#dunatothrips — Public Fediverse posts
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Are these tiny #insects the world's laziest bugs? https://phys.org/news/2024-11-tiny-insects-world-laziest-bugs.html
"They almost never leave their near-invisible miniature nests, built on #Acacia trees from silk they extrude from their bottom. No known predators bother with #Dunatothrips and their biggest threat is drying out in the heat if their nest is damaged. Pacifist vegetarians, they feed harmlessly on the plant surface, with no discernible effect on it. No bigger than the hyphen on your page, they belong to the #thrips"