Directory of Thysanura Resources

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The silverfish and firebrats, moderate-sized to small insects with three taillike appendages at the end of the abdomen. Similar to the Microcoryphia (Archaeognatha), the jumping bristletails.

Resources in This Category

• Digital Microscopy at Mount Allison University

  http://www.mta.ca/dmf/silverfish.html
  Scanning electron micrographs of a silverfish.

• Gordon Ramel's Thysanura Page

  http://www.earthlife.net/insects/thysan.html
  Introduction to the biology, classification, and ecology of silverfish, the Thysanura.

• Lepisma saccharina: Silverfish

  http://entoplp.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/silverfish.htm
  Photograph of a silverfish, with information on its habitat, life cycle and description.

• Silverfish and Firebrats

  http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/silverfi.html
  Notes from Iowa State.

• Silverfish and Firebrats

  http://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM:Silverfish_and_Firebrats
  Photographs, description, life history and habits.

• Silverfish, Firebrat

  http://texasinsects.tamu.edu/aimg2.html
  Basic information from Texas A&M University.

• Silverfish: Lepisma saccharina

  http://www.uark.edu/ua/arthmuse/silfsh.html
  Photograph and information on the natural history of this species.

• Thysanura

  http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Insecta/Thysanura/
  Introduction and images from Discover Life.

• Thysanura

  http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/thysanura.html
  Introduction to silverfish and firebrats from John R. Meyer's Entomology class.

• Thysanura (Silverfish and Firebrats)

  http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Thysanura&contgroup=Insecta
  Image, very brief introduction, and references.

• Thysanura (Silverfish, Fishmoths)

  http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/insects/zygentoma/
  Introduction from the South African Museum.

• Thysanura: Bristletails, Silverfish and Firebrats

  http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/agnic/sys_entomology/taxon/thysanura/index.html
  Resources and links to other sites on these insects.

• Thysanura: Silverfish

  http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/thysanura.html
  The characteristics of these wingless insects, their life cycle, feeding and habitat, with illustrations.

 

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