Rocky areas

Archaeognatha

Banks' Jumping Bristletail

Machiloides banksi

A North American bristletail found in leaf litter and under stones. It has a cylindrical body covered in tiny scales....

Coleoptera

Giant Darkling Beetle of St. Helena

Hegeter politus

A darkling beetle endemic to the remote island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic. It is nocturnal and hides under ston...

Archaeognatha

Silvestri's Jumping Bristletail

Pedetontus silvestrii

A well-studied bristletail from Japan and eastern Asia. Recent molecular studies have revealed cryptic species within th...

Archaeognatha

Southern Jumping Bristletail

Dilta hibernica

A bristletail found on rocky coasts of western Europe, from Ireland to Portugal. It has large eyes and a distinctively h...

Archaeognatha

Southern Rock Bristletail

Lepismachilis y-signata

A Mediterranean bristletail identified by a Y-shaped marking on its thorax. It lives under stones and in rock crevices....