How Small Is Fairyfly wasp? 140 µm Compared to Scale

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Fairyfly wasp (140 µm) drawn to scale beside a human egg cell (115 µm) and a grain of sand (500 µm) — Drawn to scale, from left to right: Human egg cell (115 µm), Fairyfly wasp (140 µm) and Grain of sand (500 µm).

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How big is that, really?

About 1.2× the width of a human egg cell
About 2× the width of a human hair
About 3 would fit across a grain of sand
About 7× the width of a cloud droplet
About 19× the width of a red blood cell

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Facts about Fairyfly wasp

The male fairyfly wasp is among the smallest known adult insects and is wingless, unlike the female.

Source: Guinness World Records, Smallest Insect; University of Florida IFAS, Fairyflies

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Fairyfly wasp
Fairyfly wasp	140 µm	this page
Common pill bug	1.2 cm (0.47 in)	86×
Gippsland giant earthworm	2 cm (0.79 in)	140×
Bargibant’s seahorse	2.4 cm (0.94 in)	170×
Blue dragon sea slug	3 cm (1.18 in)	210×
Garden snail	3 cm (1.18 in)	210×
Bee hummingbird	5.5 cm (2.17 in)	390×
Monarch butterfly	9.5 cm (3.74 in)	680×
Luna moth	11.5 cm (4.53 in)	820×
Venus flytrap	15 cm (5.91 in)	1,100×

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