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香港生物多樣性博物館
HONG KONG BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM
研究 • 教育 • 保存 Research • Education • Preservation
Distribution:
Every continent except Antarctica
Habitat:
Forest (leaf litter and among stones) and seashore
Diet:
Algae, lichen, mosses
Number of species globally
500
Number of species in Hong Kong :
2
Morphology
(how to recognize them) :
-Wingless
-Body elongated and back arched
-Long antennae
-eyes meeting at the top of the head
-Three long tail-like structures with the middle one longer
Diagram
Did you know ?
Jumping bristletails present courtship: a male spins a thread from his abdomen and string packages of sperm along it. After a courtship dance, the female picks up the sperms, immediately fertilize her eggs, and lays about 30 eggs in a crevice.
Gallery
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