Webspinners facts for kids
Quick facts for kids EmbiopteraTemporal range: Jurassic – Recent
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The Embioptera are an order of insects, commonly known as webspinners.
Webspinners are a small group of mostly tropical and subtropical insects. They are in the subclass Pterygota. The group first appeared during the Jurassic and is well represented in Cretaceous amber. The common name webspinner comes from the insects' ability to spin silk from structures on their front legs. They use the silk to make a web-like pouch or gallery in which they live. They feed on leaf litter, moss, bark and lichen.
Occasionally they arrive in temperate countries, usually as passengers on cargo.
Images for kids
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Drawings of Embia major winged male, male nymph and adult female "from the Himalayas" by Augustus Daniel Imms, 1913
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Adult female in gallery
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Web on a stone wall
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Egg on gallery wall
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Nymph
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First instar larva in gallery
See also
In Spanish: Embiópteros para niños
