This millennium bug (Drepanovelia millennium) is a “water strider”. The species has special feet to let them ‘glide’ across the surface of the water without breaking the surface tension.
Its relatives are the only insects to inhabit the surface of the open oceans.
Originally published by Cosmos as Does my face bug you?
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