The fly robs the ant of its head. The smallest fly in the world decapitates ants. Tiny flies of the species Euryplatea humpback family nanaknihali are a thunderstorm ants. By laying their larvae in the bodies of these insects, they actually take their life. Hatching, the offspring eats the content of the ant’s head, and it falls off, as if chopped off skillful executioner. All these bloodthirsty details became known. Entomologists from the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) when they tracked development representatives of the species. It turned out that the insect, the size of which is not exceed 0.4 millimeters, is the smallest fly in the world. For comparison: the usual housefly (Musca domestica) is 15 times, and fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) 5 times larger parasite babies. Probably, such sizes are determined by their image. of life. suggests Dr. Brian Brown, lead study author. 
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He believes that the discovered type of flies can defeat anyone an ant with a head size of more than 0.5 millimeters. So far it’s only an assumption, however, scientists have reason for such a hypothesis. The fact is that the only known species related to these flies (Euryplatea eidmanni) parasitizes on the equatorial ants Guinea “It was previously thought that smaller species of ants are capable of avoid the unenviable fate of being beheaded, as the larvae flies 1-3 mm in size are not physically able to develop in their heads. Now we have proved that even the smallest host insects cannot cope with parasites, “says Brown
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