I was surprised to find a number of these running around a property in Jamesville, NY while I was searching for Ectobius pallidus (a small, recently-introduced non-native forest cockroach). I rarely see them, but they were rather abundant here. This species' scales have a remarkable iridescence that my camera sadly could not capture. They are beautiful animals when admired up close.

This is the only bristletail species reported from New York, and apparently all U.S. populations of this species reproduce parthenogenetically!