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Jumping Bristletail (Archaeognatha: Machilidae)
Stebbins Reserve, Solano County, California, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2003

Jumping Bristletails are an ancient lineage of wingless insects 
and are probably very similar to the ancestors of all insects.



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This image was captured with a Canon EOS D60, with a Canon 65/2.8 MPE 1-5x Macro lens.