Two males of dung beetle called Onthphagus taurus size up each other's horns.Credit: Alex Wild.
From Live Science:
After months of grueling tests, a species of horned dung beetle takes the title for world's strongest insect.
The beetle, called Onthophagus taurus, was found to be able to pull a whopping 1,141 times its own body weight, which is the equivalent of a 150-pound (70 kilogram) person lifting six full double-decker buses. While the study researcher knows of a mite that can take on a hair more, that organism is an arachnid, not an insect.
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