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Copyright © 2009 msdljack

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Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA
May 16, 2009
Size: 3cm
This one can fly~~

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Contributed by msdljack on 16 May, 2009 - 10:39pm
Last updated 17 May, 2009 - 12:43pm

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… Harsi S. Parker, 17 May, 2009 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

no it can't -- this is a bristletail
see Microcoryphia page http://bugguide.net/node/view/80
… v belov, 16 May, 2009 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for your replyi. I sa
Thanks for your replyi.
I saw this one make a short therm "fly" from one place to the other like a moth. The "flying" distance is around 20-30cm. I cannot see its wing and I don't really know how it made it.
… msdljack, 16 May, 2009 - 11:12pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm not sure what you witnessed...
...but these creatures definitely lack wings of any kind and have no ability to fly. According to the info page they are, however, "able to jump up to 10 cm by snapping [their] abdomen against [the] ground".
… Harsi S. Parker, 16 May, 2009 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, you are right~~ I think
Yes, you are right~~
I think the movement I saw was not "flying" but jumping~~:)
… msdljack, 16 May, 2009 - 11:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Small spiders often appear to fly, as well.
Usually, they're gliding on the end of a strand of web. Puzzled me greatly, until I finally got a shot showing the filament.

Nice photo of the bristletail.
… Ron Hemberger, 17 May, 2009 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

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