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Bristletail
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

Bristletail
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
January 12, 2005
Found this in the dogs water bowl, so it was a bit wet. I thought it would be dead, but it was just fine.
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 29 January, 2005 - 9:16pm
Last updated 27 November, 2007 - 1:43pm

Also a bristletail
The humped appearance is one way to tell. Silverfish are relatively flat.
… Troy Bartlett, 30 January, 2005 - 12:19am login or register to post comments

 
Ahhh
Thanks for that tip....makes it a lot easier for me to ID them. I was trying to do it by comparing tails.
… Lynette Schimming, 30 January, 2005 - 6:15am login or register to post comments

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