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What gets closer when you blink?
There are millions of me. I am very small but when moving fast I am deadly.
A dagger thrust at my own heart, dictates the way I'm swayed. Left I stand, and right I yield, to the twisting of the blade.
My first keeps time, my second spends time, my whole tells time.
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
It is an insect, and the first part of its name is the name of another insect. What is it?