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Rock Bristletail, Los Cedros Reserve, Ecuador Not a great photo but a small personal highlight. I&#039;ve never seen or photographed a bristletail before. This seems typical for most of us as we have only 16 photos of the entire order, all made by just 2 users:<br /> <a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/photos/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/archaeognatha" rel="nofollow">https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/photos/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/archaeognatha</a><br /> <br /> Possibly family Meinertellidae. Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Fall,Geotagged,Los Cedros Reserve,South America,World Click/tap to enlarge

Rock Bristletail, Los Cedros Reserve, Ecuador

Not a great photo but a small personal highlight. I've never seen or photographed a bristletail before. This seems typical for most of us as we have only 16 photos of the entire order, all made by just 2 users:
https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/photos/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/archaeognatha

Possibly family Meinertellidae.

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Awesome find, congrats! Posted 3 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      I don't know the ID, but it might be in the family Meinertellidae. I read that they can be found in Ecuador. And, Neomachilellus sp. in S. America, but good luck finding photos of it. I assume bristletails are hard to ID. Posted 3 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        I've read they are cosmopolitan, but still not often seen. I guess they largely spent their days in hiding. Thanks for the family/genus, any bit helps. Posted 3 years ago
    3. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      Thank you, I have better photos of it one day later in the set. Posted 3 years ago

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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Apr 1, 2022. Captured Nov 20, 2021 21:00 in 85QM+84 Gualimán, Ecuador.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/18.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.