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The embiopteran Aposthonia ceylonica has been found living inside a colony of the Indian cooperative spider, probably feeding on algae growing on the spider sheetweb, and two webspinner species have been discovered living in the outer covering of termites' nests, where their silk galleries may protect them from attack.
Oligotoma nigra, also known as the black webspinner, is a species of insect in the order Embiidina, also known as Embioptera. [1] Description.
Articles relating to the Embioptera (webspinners, footspinners), a small group of mostly tropical and subtropical insects, classified under the subclass Pterygota.More than 400 species in 11 families have been described, the oldest known fossils of the group being from the mid-Jurassic.
The Ace webspinner (Rhagadochir virgo) is a species of webspinner, an insect in the order Embiidina, also known as Embioptera. This species is native to the Republic of the Congo in tropical West Africa.
Oligotoma saundersii, commonly known as Saunders' embiid, is a species of webspinner, an insect in the order Embiidina, also known as Embioptera. Description
After the eggs hatch, the mother stays with the nymphs and provides silk to protect them. Predators of this webspinner include ants, spiders, geckos and birds. They are particularly vulnerable when they leave the webbing and forage elsewhere, and they are also vulnerable when there are holes or tears in the webbing through which ants and ...
Haploembia tarsalis or the pink webspinner is a species of webspinner in the family Oligotomidae. It is originally from the Mediterranean, but was introduced to California before the 20th Century. H. tarsalis reproduces asexually through parthenogenesis, and only females are known. Adults are wingless, between 8-11 mm in length, and vary in ...
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