Cedar Creek
Ecosystem Science Reserve
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Insects of Cedar Creek
Order EMBIOPTERA
(Web Spinners)
Webspinners (10 NA spp) spin silken galleries
in soil, humus, and under bark. They are detritivores, feeding on
fungi and dead plant material. Elongate cylindrical (10 mm) and soft-bodied,
the males are winged and the females wingless. The 10 species in
three families (Anisembiidae, Oligembiidae, Oligotomidae) are distributed
across the southern U.S. ranging as far north as Iowa. None collected
in Minnesota? or CCESR.
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Family ANISEMBIIDAE |
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(Not found in Minnesota) |
| 2. |
Family OLIGEMBIIDAE |
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(Not found in Minnesota) |
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Family OLIGOTOMIDAE |
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(Not found in Minnesota) |