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The Mymaridae, commonly known as fairyflies or fairy wasps, are a family of chalcidoid wasps found in temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions throughout the world. The family contains around 100 genera with 1,400 species.
The genus was named after the fairy Tinker Bell in the 1904 play Peter and Wendy (a.k.a. Peter Pan) by J.M. Barrie, and the specific epithet nana refers to a dog in the same story, as well as referencing the Greek word for a dwarf. [1]
Clavaria fragilis, commonly known as fairy fingers, white worm coral, or white spindles, is a species of fungus in the family Clavariaceae. It is synonymous with Clavaria vermicularis . The fungus is the type species of the genus Clavaria and is a typical member of the clavarioid or club fungi.
Megaphragma mymaripenne is a very small wasp.At 200 μm (1 ⁄ 5 mm; 1 ⁄ 125 inch) in length, it is the third-smallest extant insect, [1] comparable in size to some single-celled organisms.
The Mymarommatidae, sometimes referred to as false fairy wasps, are a very small family of microscopic parasitic wasps. Only about half of the known species are living taxa (the others are fossils), but they are found worldwide.
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This being is the pet of a local storm god, who rides him through the skies during hurricanes. Lives beneath the Gulf of Mexico. Name clearly jumped from Mayan storm god (Huracan), to Taino name for the weather phenomenon (Juracan), to this creature around the Texas-Louisiana coast.
The yellow fly ranges from the southeastern United States, where it is found from New Jersey to Texas, [4] to Costa Rica. [5] It is most common near bodies of water, along with trees nearby to hide in. [ 4 ] Spanish moss ( Tillandsia usneoides ) is a popular hiding spot.