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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Bristletails (Microcoryphia)
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Bristletail
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Bristletail
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
June 18, 2004
Found this one in the bird bath. I don't know if these things like the water or are just getting stuck there.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 29 January, 2005 - 9:19pm
Last updated 27 November, 2007 - 1:43pm

Jumping Bristletail
I usually see them in leaf litter, but I've also seen them on tree trunks after dark. Maybe they're climbing the bird bath at night.
… Troy Bartlett, 30 January, 2005 - 12:16am login or register to post comments

 
New classification
These guys used to be a family in the order Thysanura, but now they are in their own order. Haven't committed the new name to memory yet, sorry:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 January, 2005 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

 
I googled it
Order: Microcoryphia
Family: Machilidae
… Lynette Elliott, 31 January, 2005 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

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