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This inchworm is so small it looks like an eyelash crawling across someone’s arm

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Feb 26, 2026
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Watch a tiny inchworm make its way across someone’s arm. It’s just big enough to spot, but could easily be mistaken for an eyelash. It has a little blob on each end of its body and uses them to pull itself forward as it crawls around.

Inchworms aren’t actually worms — they’re moth larvae, named for the way they “measure the ear…

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