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Bristletails (Archaeognatha)

I've only encountered one species (or at least one genus - I couldn't identify the females to species) so far. I've used the RES Handbook to identify these, but note that figures 4 and 11 are captioned incorrectly - figure 4 is Pterobius brevistylis and figure 11 is Pterobius maritumus.


Sea Bristletail Pterobius maritimus

Petrobius sp. Petrobius maritimus Petrobius maritimus Petrobius sp.

Petrobius sp. Petrobius maritimus