Two Pronged Bristle Tails
DIPLURA: TWO-PRONGED BRISTLE-TAILS
Definition
- Tiny, pale coloured, cylindrical, wingless and eyeless. Slender antennae. Hind end with a pair of slender ‘tails’
- Incomplete life cycle: egg, larva and adult.
How & where they live
- They are part of the soil fauna, feeding on decaying plant material in moist situations.
Number of species
- In Britain 13 species.
- Worldwide about 100 species.
