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British Diplura (two tailed bristletails): campodeids

Monday, 9. March 2009, 22:04:51

If you head into a garden or park and look under a few pots or stones, the chances are you will come across a small, elongate, white creature with two ‘tails’ sticking out the end of its abdomen.

Raphidioptera – the snakeflies

Tuesday, 20. January 2009, 15:10:17

insect, factfile, snakefly, Raphidioptera ...

Snakeflies are among the oddest looking of British insects. Their abdomen and wings could easily be mistaken for that of a lacewing or possibly an alderfly but their snake like head and ‘neck’ are quite distinctive. This ‘neck’ is actually an elongate prothorax, with which it can raise its head. The only other similar group with the elongate prothorax are the Mantisflies (Mantispidae) which can be distinguished by their praying mantis like modified front legs, but these are not found in the UK.

Scorpionflys

Thursday, 21. February 2008, 18:16:21

mecoptera, insect, scorpionfly, scorpionflies ...

Scorpionflies are one of my favourites. They are also probaly one of the oddest looking creatures in the UK

here is a male demostrating the long jaws, dark pattern/spots on the wings and the 'scorpion tail' from which it gets its name.

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