Are these tiny insects the world's laziest bugs?

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Nov 6, 2024, 11:51 am23 pts
At less than 3mm long, you may not think Dunatothrips aneurae seem like much. And—as I have shown in a new study published in the Journal of Animal Ecology—you'd be absolutely right. That's because these may be the world's laziest insects.

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