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Order
- EMBIIDINA (EMBIOPTERA)
(Greek,
embio = lively)
Common
Names: web-spinners, foot-spinners
Distribution:
Tropics and warm temperate regions
Description
Webspinners
are so called because of the first segment of the front tarsus is swollen
and contains silk glands. The silk is spun out into galleries in which
family groups of adults and nymphs live. Webspinners are mostly tropical,
but a few species occur in the southern United States.