Lightest insect
- Who
- Unknown
- What
- 0.00005 gram(s)
- When
- 01 January 0001
The male bloodsucking banded louse (Enderleinellus zonatus) and the parasitic wasp Caraphractus cinctus may each weigh as little as 0.005mg (5,670,000 to an oz). Eggs of the latter each weigh 0.0002 mg (141,750,000 to an oz).