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Home/Overview Reserve habitats Sampling methods General results Guide to insects Springtails Jumping bristletails Dragon- & damselflies Crickets & grasshoppers Termites Earwigs Webspinners Stoneflies Barklice Aphids & planthoppers True bugs Thrips Lacewings Beetles Fleas Flies Butterflies & moths Bees, ants, wasps Other arthropods Related pages About images Reserve Home SBMNH Home SBMNH Entomology Last updated 08/15/2005 |
Insects of Coal Oil Point > Guide > Embioptera - Webspinners Embioptera - Webspinners Webspinners live in silk-linedcolonies beneath soil and debris, and chiefly eat dead plant matter.Whereas most silk-spinning insects use glands in their mouths,webspinners' silk glands are on their front feet. Males of most specieshave wings, while females are always wingless. Webspinners are quiteactive and quick runners, usually running backward. When disturbed intheir homes, webspinners will often “play dead.” Only one webspinner specimen has been found at Coal Oil Point Reserve thus far.
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