Giant silverfish
From Wikimalia
(Difference between revisions)
(added text) |
|||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
|species= Insect | |species= Insect | ||
|habitat= Almost any, but prefer living under rocks amid bark and leaf mold. | |habitat= Almost any, but prefer living under rocks amid bark and leaf mold. | ||
| - | |description= | + | |description=Up to six thumbs in length, this specie has been anecdotally reputed to reach up to a rand or more. Seemingly related to millipedes and centipedes, this insect has dozens of pairs of fragile legs packed tightly to its body. Their undulations create a mesmerizing, or revolting, rippling movement, undoubtedly the source of their misnomer. |
| + | Twin feathery antennae protrude from the anterior region of the head, and in some specimens, mock antennae also protrude from the posterior, likely to fool predators. | ||
|notes= INTERESTING FACT: They can go for up to one year without food. | |notes= INTERESTING FACT: They can go for up to one year without food. | ||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 15:54, 1 December 2008
| The Bug Collection | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||||||
|
| ||||||||
| ||||||||
This article is a stub. You can help Wikimalia by expanding it.
Back to the Insect/Arachnid page.
