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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Bristletails (Microcoryphia) » Jumping Bristletails (Machilidae) » Petrobiinae
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Bristletail
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Bristletail
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 17, 2006
Size: 11mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 17 April, 2006 - 8:34pm
Last updated 22 January, 2010 - 1:42pm

Moved
Moved from Bristletails.
… tom murray, 22 January, 2010 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

Face?
Do you have a closeup of the face -- ocelli and antenna bases?
… John F. Carr, 19 January, 2010 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Close up added
I hope the additional picture is good enough to place it further.
… tom murray, 20 January, 2010 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

Nice big one!
I have seen these in years past, but not since I got interested in bug photography.
… Jim McClarin, 18 April, 2006 - 5:37am login or register to post comments

 
Odd looking creatures
They look like little land shrimp, and I did see it jump once. It's the first one for me in New England, and it was under a rock in the woods.
… tom murray, 19 April, 2006 - 7:08am login or register to post comments

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